My 10 line calculator, I want it to display decimals when the equation calls for it.

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My 10 line calculator, I want it to display decimals when the equation calls for it.

Jun 30th, 2008

 Help with Code Tags 
 python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
Y=1
N=0
cont=Y
print "Welcome to SCLMIP(Simple Calculator For Linux Made In Python)"
while cont == Y:
    equation=input("Equation: ")
    print equation
    cont=input("Continue? (Y,N)")
else:
    print "Exiting..."
Y=1
N=0
cont=Y
print "Welcome to SCLMIP(Simple Calculator For Linux Made In Python)"
while cont == Y:
    equation=input("Equation: ")
    print equation
    cont=input("Continue? (Y,N)")
else:
    print "Exiting..."

If you type 5/2 you get 2, I want it to display 2.5.

A workaround is typing 5.0/2.0, but it gets annoying. I want it to automatically decide to show decimals.

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Re: My 10 line calculator, I want it to display decimals when the equation calls for it.

Jul 1st, 2008

I know this doesn't answer the question, but
Could you just use True and False keywords instead of Y and N?

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Re: My 10 line calculator, I want it to display decimals when the equation calls for it.

Jul 1st, 2008

Starting with Python3 the / will be float division and // will be integer division. You can use these future feature already by importing the __future__ module:

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from __future__ import division
print "Welcome to SCLMIP(Simple Calculator For Linux Made In Python)"
while True:
    equation = input("Equation: ")
    print equation
    if raw_input("Continue? (Y,N)").upper() == 'N': break
else:
    print "Exiting..."
from __future__ import division
print "Welcome to SCLMIP(Simple Calculator For Linux Made In Python)"
while True:
    equation = input("Equation: ")
    print equation
    if raw_input("Continue? (Y,N)").upper() == 'N': break
else:
    print "Exiting..."

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