I am trying to divide floats by each other but am having a hard time getting accurate results. I understand that computers store floats in a way where the value stored is not exact to the given number. I am simply looking for a way where I can get specific results when working with floats.
input:
x = 2.4
y = 0.2
print(x/y)
Output:
11.999999998
>Solution :
I highly recommend to use decimals
Example
from decimal import Decimal
x = Decimal("2.4")
y = Decimal("0.2")
print(x / y) # 12
Notice we passing number as string, as passing float numbers would have the same problem you pointed out.
But care with comparison, as 12 == x / y evaluates to False