[IAEP] Feedback request for my Python tutorial

[forster at ozonline.com.au]

maybe print zero decimal places if they have followed your instructions but print a float (maybe with an explanation) if it evaluates to not a whole number


> Hi Tony,
> 
> thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about some of those things
> myself already.
> I have only one comment:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > print a/b rounds to an integer (which is confusing)
> >
> 
> That was on purpose. I'm not sure how old the learners will be and if
> they've learned about decimal numbers. That is why I've only given them
> examples in which the division results are integers. In one of the later
> lessons I introduce the concept of floating point numbers and give it some
> space there.
> 
> However, your comment gave me an idea. I'll check the numbers the user
> enters and give him some sort of a warning if the result should be float.
> How does that sound?
> 
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> Hi Tony,<br><br>thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about some of those things myself already.<br>I have only one comment: <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM,  <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:forster at ozonline.com.au">forster at ozonline.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
> 
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="h5">
> print a/b rounds to an integer (which is confusing)<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>That was on purpose. I'm not sure how old the learners will be and if they've learned about decimal numbers. That is why I've only given them examples in which the division results are integers. In one of the later lessons I introduce the concept of floating point numbers and give it some space there. <br>
> 
> <br>However, your comment gave me an idea. I'll check the numbers the user enters and give him some sort of a warning if the result should be float. How does that sound?<br></div></div><br>