Value of remainder

Question

I am looking for a way to extract the fractional part of a number in python. I am fairly new to Python and have dabbled in MatLab in college, nothing serious. I understand that the % operator reports the quantity of number placements in the fractional part. I need to be able to get the actual value of the fractional part as well as the actual value of the whole number but separate them to conduct the following equation:

Problem: Converting a time calculation from say 1.5minutes to 1.30 (1minute and .30seconds)

Eq. (((1.5-1)*60)/100)+1

What do you mean by "extract the remainder of a integer number"? Integers don't have remainders. The concept makes no sense. — user2357112, Jul 26 '17 at 17:10
Or actually I really just need to determine what the actual value of the whole number is. I don't know what operator could do that. — user8371532, Jul 26 '17 at 17:11
Lol i apologize if you can't understand what I trying to explain. Like I stated before, new to this. So, in other words say you have the value 1.5. How do i extract the .5? — user8371532, Jul 26 '17 at 17:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:18

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In general, you extract the fractional part of a floating point number like this:

x = 1.5
x -= int(x)

However, as you mentioned minutes and seconds, I believe that what you really need is:

minutes = int(x)
seconds = (x-minutes)*60

answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:18

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awesome. thanks for the help. first time asking a question. very good feedback – user8371532 Jul 26 '17 at 17:36

Value of remainder

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