How to divide numbers in python

Question

I have 6 variables where there are unknows numbers in each. So as the numbers there are so big, I want to find the major one and next divide it for itself and for the others just to have numbers like 1 or less.

Example:

a1=85550 
b1=-18996 
c1=45500 
d1=-60000 
e1=74666 
f1=-35666

In this case a1 is the major so I must divide it for it self to have 1 and for the rest to have a 0 decimal one..

I have tried this but some values are 0 so its wrong.

if abs(a1>b1) and abs(a1>c1) and abs(a1>d1) and abs(a1>e1) and abs(a1>f1):
    a11=a1/a1
    b11=b1/a1
    c11=c1/a1
    d11=d1/a1
    e11=e1/a1
    f11=f1/a1
else:
    if abs(b1>a1) and abs(b1>c1) and abs(b1>d1) and abs(b1>e1) and abs(b1>f1):
        a11=a1/b1
        b11=b1/b1
        c11=c1/b1
        d11=d1/b1
        e11=e1/b1
        f11=f1/b1
    else:
        if abs(c1>a1) and abs(c1>b1) and abs(c1>d1) and abs(c1>e1) and abs(c1>f1):
            a11=a1/c1
            b11=b1/c1
            c11=c1/c1
            d11=d1/c1
            e11=e1/c1
            f11=f1/c1
        else:
            if abs(d1>a1) and abs(d1>c1) and abs(d1>b1) and abs(d1>e1) and abs(d1>f1):
                a11=a1/d1
                b11=b1/d1
                c11=c1/d1
                d11=d1/d1
                e11=e1/d1
                f11=f1/d1
            else:
                if abs(e1>a1) and abs(e1>c1) and abs(e1>d1) and abs(e1>b1) and abs(e1>f1):
                    a11=a1/e1
                    b11=b1/e1
                    c11=c1/e1
                    d11=d1/e1
                    e11=e1/e1
                    f11=f1/e1
                else:
                    if abs(f1>a1) and abs(f1>c1) and abs(f1>d1) and abs(f1>e1) and abs(f1>b1):
                        a11=a1/f1
                        b11=b1/f1
                        c11=c1/f1
                        d11=d1/f1
                        e11=e1/f1
                        f11=f1/f1

Answer 1

Keep your values in a list:

values = [a1, b1, c1, d1, e1, f1]

Now the task is a simple one:

max_value = max(values, key=abs)
values = [v/max_value for v in values]

For your input, that'd give:

>>> a1=85550 
>>> b1=-18996 
>>> c1=45500 
>>> d1=-60000 
>>> e1=74666 
>>> f1=-35666
>>> values = [a1, b1, c1, d1, e1, f1]
>>> max_value = max(values, key=abs)
>>> [v/max_value for v in values]
[1.0, -0.22204558737580363, 0.5318527177089422, -0.701344243132671, 0.8727761542957335, -0.4169023962594974]

This assumes you are using Python 3; in Python 2, the / operator on integers gives integer output, so you want to use:

max_value = float(max(values, key=abs))

just to make one of the operands a floating point number. Otherwise you'll end up with [1, -1, 0, -1, 0, -1] instead.

The rest of your code can just use the numbers in values with indexing:

>>> values[0]
1.0

or you can assign the values back to the original names with sequence assignment:

>>> a1, b1, c1, d1, e1, f1 = values
>>> b1
-0.22204558737580363

but generally you want to keep your data out of your variable names.

Answer 2

the / in python gives you an integer (whole number) if you are dividing integers. if the answer isn't exact it rounds down. so 1/2 is 0, not 0.5.

instead of

a / b

try converting one to a float:

a / float(b)

then you will get, say, 0.5 where you expect it.

you can also write a number as a float directly. 1.0/2 will give 0.5, for example, because 1.0 is a float, not an integer.

(also, what everyone else is saying about using lists)

Answer 3

要将两个数字x和y ，请使用/运算符：

z = x / y

Answer 4

Place your values into a list.

l = [85550, -18996, 45500, -60000, 74666, -35666]

Sort the list in reverse order.

l.sort(reverse = True)

Then, map a function that divides each value by l[0] , or the largest known value.

result = map(lambda x: x / l[0], l)

The answer will be every value in the list divided as integers by the max value, including the max value.

[1, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1]

If integer division is undesirable, cast x to a float.

result = map(lambda x: x / l[0], l)

[1.0, 0.8727761542957335, 0.5318527177089422, -0.22204558737580363, -0.4169023962594974, -0.701344243132671]

Alternative: Instead of sorting the list, only write the mapping function to go across x / max(l) .

result = map(lambda x: x / max(l), l)