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ognimoddd
ognimoddd

Reputation: 87

Converting height given in meters to feet and inches?

Here is the problem:

Given that 1 foot = .3048 meters, write a Python script that will convert a height given meters to a height given in feet and inches.

I looked over the notes the professor gave that day and I am following each step but my program just doesn't seem to work correctly. Here's what I have:

print("This program will convert a height given meters to a height given in feet and inches.")
meters = float(input("Enter height in meters:"))
meters_in_ft = meters // .3048
meters_in_in = meters_in_ft % 12
print("The height is", meters_in_ft,"feet and",meters_in_in, "inches")

When I run the program and type certain meters I will get it correct in feet, but a lot of times the measurement in inches is wrong.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 25008

Answers (2)

ScottMastro
ScottMastro

Reputation: 330

Quick answer for other visitors from a Google search:

Meters to feet + inches

feet = int(meters / 0.3048)
inches = meters / 0.3048 % 1 * 12
inches = round(inches)  #optional

Feet and inches to meters

meters = (feet + inches/12)*0.3048

Upvotes: 0

Nathaniel
Nathaniel

Reputation: 780

To get the inches portion from meters, you need to get the decimal portion of meters / .3048 by using % 1. Then you can convert that to inches by multiplying by 12.

inches = meters / .3048 % 1 * 12

Upvotes: 9

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