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Python Python Basics (Retired) Things That Count Ints & Floats

Harsh Kumar Woike
Harsh Kumar Woike
204 Points
Posted by Harsh Kumar Woike
Harsh Kumar Woike
204 Points

ints and floats

in python 3, dividing two integers give what kind of value?

2 Answers

Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points
Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points

To expand on William's answer, a float is an approximate decimal number. Since dividing two integers can lead to values other than whole numbers, e.g. 2/4 = 0.5, python3 I think defaults to returning the division of two integers as a float to be consistent.

There are some programming languages that will actually round the result to the nearest integer afterwards, or raise an error when dividing an int by another int.