Typecasting to 'int' in Python generating wrong result -
i tried performing following typecast operation in python 3.3 int( 10**23 / 10 ) output: 10000000000000000000000 and after increasing power 1 or further int( 10**24 / 10 ) output: 99999999999999991611392 int( 10**25 / 10 ) output: 999999999999999983222784 why happening? although simple typecasting like int( 10**24 ) output: 1000000000000000000000000 is not affecting values. you doing floating-point division / operator. 10**24/10 happens have inexact integer representation. if need integer result, divide //. >>> type(10**24/10) <class 'float'> >>> type(10**24//10) <class 'int'>