Python: Division by Larger Number

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print
            1/50

results to a
rounded zero: 0

print
            float(1/50)

once again
returns zero but as a float.

What syntax I
should be using to get a right result (0.02) using only stock
modules.

Answer

This
line:

print
            float(1/50)

Performs
an integer division of 1/50, and then casts it to a float. This is the wrong order,
since the integer division has already lost the fractional
value.

You need to cast to a float
first, before the division, in one of these
ways:

float(1)/50
1./50