Dec 8, 2013 · The first point is trivially true, but it misleadingly implies that ints are smaller than floats (the size depends on the exact int and float types, which for Python's built in types …

Dec 6, 2015 · If it needs to accept both integers and floats as inputs, then you should convert to float since floats can represent the integers. But if you're program requires that the input be …

Aug 2, 2010 · If you need to convert a string float to an int you can use this method. Example: '38.0' to 38 In order to convert this to an int you can cast it as a float then an int.

Regarding division in Python 2, there is by default only / which maps to __div__ and the result is dependent on the input types (e.g. int, float). Python 2.2 introduced the __future__ feature …

Aug 23, 2024 · In Python 2.2 or later in the 2.x line, there is no difference for integers unless you perform a from __future__ import division, which causes Python 2.x to adopt the 3.x behavior. …

Apr 5, 2012 · Here distance would effectively return a float and radius is an int. I do know that I should not compare floats directly and that I should compare with a threshold. Given that, is …

Jan 20, 2014 · Experimenting with some code and doing some microbenchmarks I just found out that using the float function on a string containing an integer number is a factor 2 faster than …

Jan 31, 2020 · The language specification on value comparisons contains the following paragraph:. Numbers of built-in numeric types (Numeric Types — int, float, complex) and of …

int performs a string to integer conversion, so it cannot evaluate a complex expression (that you don't need), but isn't subjected to this leading zero syntax. Another nice feature is that you can …

Apr 27, 2017 · Note: The python implementation changed between 2.7 and 3.x. I corrected the answer accordingly. For the sake of completeness, let me add two more functions to your …