hey why does a multiplication of a negative float by 0 return -0.0,how can i solve the problem..?
e.g.- -2.0*0
returns -0.0

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hey why does a multiplication of a negative float by 0 return -0.0,how can i solve the problem..?
e.g.- -2.0*0
returns -0.0

anonymous · Answer

i know -0.0 is same as 0.0 but why does it print a negative sign in the front...

anonymous · Answer

anyone???

anonymous · Answer

I don't know the answer to your question, but if you require a positive integer you could always resort to the absolute function.

anonymous · Answer

It prints -0.0 because this is just a representation. In fact, if you use the 'repr()' command on your variable, you will see that you result is something like  "-0.000000000xxxxx"! This is due to number representation in python. "print" just outputs a short representation! For more, see lecture 7 video of the 6.00SC course material!

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks...