[Tutor] eval and floating point

[Vern Ceder]

Mr Gerard Kelly wrote:
> Thanks very much
> 
> I've noticed that the eval() function gives an integer, so eval("3/2")
> gives back 1. float(eval("3/2")) doesn't seem to work, any way to get a
> floating point number back with eval()?
> 
> I know you can just do ("3./2."), but is there any way to do it with
> just ("3/2")?

If you are using a current version of Python, the line:

from __future__ import division

will make division with the "/" return a float; you then use "//" for 
integer division....

 >>> from __future__ import division
 >>> eval("3/2")
1.5
 >>> eval("3//2")
1
 >>>

Cheers,
Vern

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