I have two integer values a and b, but I need their ratio in floating point. I know that a < b and I want to calculate a / b, so if I use integer division I’ll always get 0 with a remainder of a. How can I force c to be a floating point number in Python 2 in
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How to truncate float values?
I want to remove digits from a float to have a fixed number of digits after the dot, like: I need to output as a string to another function, not print. Also I want to ignore the lost digits, not round them. Answer First, the function, for those who just want some copy-and-paste code: This is valid in Python 2.7
How do I parse a string to a float or int?
How can I convert a str to float? How can I convert a str to int? For the reverse, see Convert integer to string in Python and Converting a float to a string without rounding it. Please instead use How can I read inputs as numbers? to close duplicate questions where OP received a string from user input and immediately