3.1.1 数值 Numbers

The interpreter acts as a simple calculator: you can type an expression at it and it will write the value. Expression syntax is straightforward: the operators +, -, * and / work just like in most other languages (for example, Pascal or C); parentheses can be used for grouping. For example:

解释器的行为就像是一个计算器。你可以向它输入一个表达式，它会返回结果。表达式的语法简明易懂：+，-，*，/和大多数语言中的用法一样（比如C或Pascal），括号用于分组。例如：

>>> 2+2
4
>>> # This is a comment
... 2+2
4
>>> 2+2  # and a comment on the same line as code
4
>>> (50-5*6)/4
5
>>> # Integer division returns the floor:
... 7/3
2
>>> 7/-3
-3

Like in C, the equal sign ("=") is used to assign a value to a variable. The value of an assignment is not written:

像c一样，等号（"="）用于给变量赋值。被分配的值是只读的。

>>> width = 20
>>> height = 5*9
>>> width * height
900

>>> x = y = z = 0  # Zero x, y and z
>>> x
0
>>> y
0
>>> z
0

There is full support for floating point; operators with mixed type operands convert the integer operand to floating point:

Python完全支持浮点数，不同类型的操作数混在一起时，操作符会把整型转化为浮点数。

>>> 3 * 3.75 / 1.5
7.5
>>> 7.0 / 2
3.5

Complex numbers are also supported; imaginary numbers are written with a suffix of "j" or "J". Complex numbers with a nonzero real component are written as "(real+imagj)", or can be created with the "complex(real, imag)" function.

复数也同样得到了支持，虚部由一个后缀"j"或者"J"来表示。带有非零实部的复数记为"real+imagj)"，或者也可以通过"complex(real, img)"函数创建。

>>> 1j * 1J
(-1+0j)
>>> 1j * complex(0,1)
(-1+0j)
>>> 3+1j*3
(3+3j)
>>> (3+1j)*3
(9+3j)
>>> (1+2j)/(1+1j)
(1.5+0.5j)

Complex numbers are always represented as two floating point numbers, the real and imaginary part. To extract these parts from a complex number z, use z.real and z.imag.

复数总是由实部和虚部两部分浮点数来表示。可以从 z.real 和 z.imag 得到复数z的实部和虚部。

>>> a=1.5+0.5j
>>> a.real
1.5
>>> a.imag
0.5

The conversion functions to floating point and integer (float(), int() and long()) don't work for complex numbers -- there is no one correct way to convert a complex number to a real number. Use abs(z) to get its magnitude (as a float) or z.real to get its real part.

用于向浮点数和整型转化的函数（float(), int() 和 long()）不能对复数起作用－－没有什么方法可以将复数转化为实数。可以使用abs(z)取得它的模，也可以通过z.real得到它的实部。

>>> a=3.0+4.0j
>>> float(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: can't convert complex to float; use abs(z)
>>> a.real
3.0
>>> a.imag
4.0
>>> abs(a)  # sqrt(a.real**2 + a.imag**2)
5.0
>>>

In interactive mode, the last printed expression is assigned to the variable _. This means that when you are using Python as a desk calculator, it is somewhat easier to continue calculations, for example:

交互模式下，最近一次表达式输出保存在 _ 变量中。这意味着把 Python 当做桌面计算器使用时，它可以更方便的进行连续计算，例如：

>>> tax = 12.5 / 100
>>> price = 100.50
>>> price * tax
12.5625
>>> price + _
113.0625
>>> round(_, 2)
113.06
>>>

This variable should be treated as read-only by the user. Don't explicitly assign a value to it -- you would create an independent local variable with the same name masking the built-in variable with its magic behavior.

这个变量对于用户来说是只读的。不要试图去给它赋值－－限于 Python 的语法规则，你只会创建一个同名的局部变量覆盖它。