Maximum precision on very large numbers

Question

When I try to divide 696 252 / 17 500 423 I always get 0.0. Is there a way to increase the precision of such divisions?

Answer 1

Convert either of the numbers to float with float function, like this

print float(696252) / 17500423  # 0.0397848669144

Answer 2

you must be using python2, you'll need:

696252 / 17500423.
                 ^ a decimal point

In python3, '/' is float division automatically, while in python2 it's integer division. To be consistent, use 1.0 * a / b when doing float division.