Why 3/6 is 0 and 3/6.0 is 0.5 which is a float?

Question

I understand that python automatically convert interger into float. why in the first case it's showing 0.

Answer 1

I think you are using python 2 version please use latest version of python. In version 3 , 3/6=0.5
and 0.5 is float.

Answer 2

Maninder Singh yes I think I am . thanks for pointing out the issue.

Answer 3

If you divide an integer by another integer, the compiler assumes you are doing integer arithmetic, and therefore the result will be an integer too, in this case 0 because 6 doesn't fit in 3.

Answer 4

does it mean interger operation always return an integer?

Answer 5

Use python latest version 3.6