Why does Python return 0 for simple division calculation?

Why does this simple calculation return 0

>>> 25/100*50  
0

while this actually calculates correctly?

>>> .25*50
12.5

>>> 10/2*2  
10

What is wrong with the first example?

Solution 1:

In Python 2, 25/100 is zero when performing an integer divison. since the result is less than 1.

You can "fix" this by adding from __future__ import division to your script. This will always perform a float division when using the / operator and use // for integer division.

Another option would be making at least one of the operands a float, e.g. 25.0/100.

In Python 3, 25/100 is always 0.25.

Solution 2:

This is a problem of integer truncation (i.e., any fractional parts of a number are discarded). So:

25 / 100 gives 0

However, as long as at least one of the operands in the division is a float, you'll get a float result:

 25 / 100.0 or 25.0 / 100  or 25.0 / 100.0 all give 0.25

Solution 3:

25/100 is an integer calculation which rounds (by truncation) to 0.

Solution 4:

I solved this problem just by doing this trick.

(25 * 1.0) / 100 * 50

So, (1.0) makes sure that the numerator be float type