I am running python 3.8 only but my issue is I need more zeroes after my result. I want 2/5 = 0.400000 But I am only getting 0.4
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020, 5:08 pm Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de wrote: > Aakash Jana wrote: > > > I am calculating couple of ratios and according to the problem there must > > be a 6 decimal precision. But when I print the result I only get one 0. > > E.g:- 2 / 5 = 0.400000 but I am only getting 0.4 > > Make sure that you are using Python 3, not Python 2 or use at least one > float operand: > > # Python 3 > >>> 2/5 > 0.4 > > # Python 2 and 3 > >>> 2.0 / 5 > 0.4 > > You can get the old default behaviour with the // operator: > > # Python 3 (and Python 2) > >>> 2//5 > 0 > >>> 7//2 > 3 > > If for some reason you cannot switch to Python 3 you can add the line > > from __future__ import division > > at the top of your script or module. Then: > > $ python > Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 13 2018, 12:45:42) > [GCC 4.8.4] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> from __future__ import division > >>> 2 / 5 > 0.4 > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
