Typecasting to 'int' in Python generating wrong result

Question

I tried performing following typecast operation in Python 3.3

int( 10**23 / 10 )

Output: 10000000000000000000000

And after in

Answer 1

You are doing floating-point division with the / operator. 10**24/10 happens to have an inexact integer representation.

If you need an integer result, divide with //.

>>> type(10**24/10)

>>> type(10**24//10)