Python division

Question

I was trying to normalize a set of numbers from -100 to 0 to a range of 10-100 and was having problems only to notice that even with no variables at all, this does not evalu

Answer 1

You're putting Integers in so Python is giving you an integer back:

>>> 10 / 90
0

If if you cast this to a float afterwards the rounding will have already been done, in other words, 0 integer will always become 0 float.

If you use floats on either side of the division then Python will give you the answer you expect.

>>> 10 / 90.0
0.1111111111111111

So in your case:

>>> float(20-10) / (100-10)
0.1111111111111111
>>> (20-10) / float(100-10)
0.1111111111111111