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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Division-bug in a beginner's script
Date: 14 Dec 2024 09:08:57 GMT
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Martin Ruppert <ruppert@hs-worms.de> wrote or quoted:
>z=.4
>nen=7

  You need:

z = ".4"
nen = "7"

  . Here's an script:

import decimal

z=0.4
nen=7
decimal.getcontext().prec=60
print(decimal.Decimal(z)/decimal.Decimal(nen),end=' ');print(f"decimal: {z}/{nen}")

z='0.4'
nen='7'
decimal.getcontext().prec=60
print(decimal.Decimal(z)/decimal.Decimal(nen),end=' ');print(f"decimal: {z}/{nen}")

  . Before you go off half-cocked and start throwing shade about
  a Python library in your subject line, maybe you oughta hit
  the books and get your ducks in a row first