"Byte" wrote: > How come: > > sum = 1/4 > print sum > > returns 0?
because 1 and 4 are integer objects, so 1/4 is an integer division, which
rounds down to the nearest integer.
> 1/4=0.25, not 0. How do I fix this?
use floating point numbers:
1.0/4.0 = 0.25
or convert one of the numbers to a float:
float(1)/4 = 0.25
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