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[Diez B. Roggisch]

HeidiWeber wrote:

> Hello
> 
> i´m a beginner in python. With version 14 in SPSS (statistic software)
> there are the posibility to use python.
> 
> i want do the following:
> 
> double NCases
> NCases=10/6
> 
> is this correct in python? Because in SPSS there are an error message.

No, its not correct in python. In python, you don't declare the type of a
variable. You statement above would simply be

NCases = 10.0 / 6.0

Note the float-literals! If you wouldn't use these, the result would not be
~1.6, but 1 instead, because integer division yields only integers.

Depending on which version of python SPSS ships, you should be able to make
the division-operator / enforce the usage of floats by putting 


from __future__ import division

on top of your script.

Diez