"Eric Morey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Hello everyone,
I have no prior experience with programing. I've just started with the
Python tutorial at http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocpyth.htm.
On the section that describes decimal division on this page:
http://www.dickbaldwin.com/python/Pyth0004.htm
Figure 10 shows:
>>> 2.0/5 # get decimal quotient
0.4
>>> 2/5.0 # do it again
0.4
>>>
http://www.dickbaldwin.com/python/Pyth0004-fig10.htm
Howerver, using the python shell in my terminal, I get:
>>> 2.0/5 # get decimal quotient
0.40000000000000002
>>> 2/5.0 # do it again
0.40000000000000002
>>>
I didn't worry too much about it and continued to move on. But I'm
curious as to why there was a difference. Anyone know why?
http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate
-Mark
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