Floor value in math operators

[John Machin]

On Apr 9, 4:18 pm, AggieDan04 <danb... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 8, 12:08 pm, David Smith <d... at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> > Avi wrote:
> > > Hi,
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> > > This will be a very simple question to ask all the awesome programmers
> > > here:
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> > > How can I get answer in in decimals for such a math operator:
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> > > 3/2
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> > > I get 1. I want to get 1.5
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> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Avi
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> > I'm going to assume your operands are variables instead of numeric
> > literals.  Why not consider doing a type conversion to float or Decimal
> > and then perform the division?
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> Because float(x) and Decimal(x) fail for complex numbers and lose
> precision if x is a rational or a multi-precision float.

What is the likelihood that the OP would get 3 / 2 -> 1 if he was
working with rationals or multi-precision floats?

What is the likelihood that the OP would ask such a question if he was
working with rationals or multi-precision floats?