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TypeError: Float Object Cannot Be Interpreted As An Integer

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The “float object cannot be interpreted as an integer” error in Python occurs when you try to perform an operation that requires an integer on a floating-point number (also known as a float). In Python, integers and floating-point numbers are different data types, and you cannot perform certain operations on one type that are only valid for the other.

For example, if you try to divide a float by an integer and assign the result to an integer variable, you’ll get this error:

>>> a = 3.14
>>> b = 2
>>> c = a / b
>>> int(c)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: float object cannot be interpreted as an integer

 

To resolve this error, you need to either convert the float to an integer by using the int() function, or convert the integer to a float by using the float() function.

For example, to convert the float c to an integer, you can do the following:


>>> c = 1.57
>>> int(c)
1

 

Or, to convert the integer b to a float, you can do the following:

>>> b = 2
>>> float(b)
2.0

It is important to be aware of the data types of the variables you’re working with and to perform operations that are valid for those data types. This will prevent errors like “float object cannot be interpreted as an integer” from occurring in your code.