[Tutor] floats acting like integers???

[Jeff Peery]

hello, I have a problem with my IDLE or script. I put in something like a=1/7 and I print a and get zero?  but this is only for division, numbers go to integers? anyone have an idea of why this is happening? thanks.

 

Jeff

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