In python programming, sometimes it is necessary to remove all decimals from a number to get the required output. These decimals are also called Floating point numbers in Python. Basically, there are 3 numerical data types in python. They are integers(int()), floating-point numbers(float()) and complex(complex()) data types. Type conversion in python helps to convert a decimal value number(floating number) to an integer. Thus converting float->int removes all decimals from a number.
There are three methods for removing all decimals from a number using python
Methods:
- Using int( ) function
- Using trunc( )function
- Using split( ) function
Method 1: Using int( ) [Type conversion] :
int( ) is a built-in function used to convert any value into an integer number.
Python3
Number1 = 44.560Number2 = 856.9785623Number3 = 9999.99 # Type conversion float to intNew_Number1 = int(Number1)New_Number2 = int(Number2)New_Number3 = int(Number3) print("Number1 = ", New_Number1)print("Number2 = ", New_Number2)print("Number3 = ", New_Number3) # type() function returns the data typeprint(type(Number1))print(type(New_Number1)) |
Output :
Number1 = 44 Number2 = 856 Number3 = 9999 <class 'float'> <class 'int'>
Method 2: Using truncate function(trunc( )) :
The math( ) module is a standard built-in module in python. There are numerous mathematical functions defined in math( ) module. To use the truncate function, first, the math module must be imported, using trunc( ) function without defining the math( ) module gives an error. By using math.trunc( ) function a number can be truncated in python.
Python3
# import math function to use trunc( ) functionimport math num1 = math.trunc(450.63)print(num1)print(math.trunc(999998.99999))print(math.trunc(-89.99))print(math.trunc(0.99)) |
Output :
450 999998 -89 0
Method 3 : Using split( ) function
The split( ) function only works on strings. Hence, the decimal values are converted to a string using str( ) function and then split at the decimal point. The values remain in the string data type after performing split( ) function. Therefore, the values are again converted to the integer data type.
Python3
value1 = [998.99, 56.8, 25.6, -52.0] # values are split at decimal pointlst = []for each in value1: lst.append(str(each).split('.')[0]) # all values converting to integer data typefinal_list = [int(i) for i in lst]print(final_list) |
Output:
[998, 56, 25, -52]
Note: Using of int() function for removing all the decimal values is easy and saves time with just a single line of code.
