Subject Re: Problem with int() function From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:30:15 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Attachment(s) screenshot.jpg Attaching another screen shot ?str(459.9995,8,2) will give an output of 460.00 but int(459.9995/5) will give a result of 91 Regards Akshat Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > Dear Sir, > Tried some of the commands ?int(460/5) , ?int(459/5) , ?int(461/5) > but all the answers received were on expected lines. > Screen shot attached. > You may be using x = int(y/5) > where y has been assigned value of 460 from some calculations. > try displaying the value of y before the int() command. > it could be having values like 459.9995 > > This could be the source of error. > such errors are very common in excel. > Regards > Akshat > > Larry Winkler Wrote: > > > I was doing a simple input check and came up with an issue: > > > > ? 460/5  comes up with 92 (correct) > > ? int(460/5) comes back with 91 (incorrect). > > > > Anyone else notice this? > >