How do I get a decimal value when using the division operator in Python?

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There are three options:

>>> 4 / float(100)
0.04
>>> 4 / 100.0
0.04

which is the same behavior as the C, C++, Java etc, or 

>>> from __future__ import division
>>> 4 / 100
0.04

You can also activate this behavior by passing the argument -Qnew to the Python interpreter:

$ python -Qnew
>>> 4 / 100
0.04

The second option will be the default in Python 3.0. If you want to have the old integer division, you have to use the // operator.

Edit: added section about -Qnew, thanks to ΤΖΩΤΖΙΟΥ!

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