NEWB: dividing numbers

[MRAB]

Lo wrote:
> I just tried python first time.
> 
> 2/3
> 
> the result is zero
> 
> I want the result to be .333... 
> 
> How do I get this?
> 
That's integer division (integer divided by integer is integer).

If you want the result to be floating point then make one of them
floating point:

     2.0 / 3

or do this first:

     from __future__ import division

In the future and in Python 3.x "/" will always return floating point.
For an integer result use "//" instead.

BTW, 2.0/3.0 still isn't 0.333... ;-)