Python 'float' object is not callable

Question

Problem:

I am begginer in python programming language and I am doing a course in it. I was doing some code to practice python programing. I wrote this code while doing my practice

from __future__ import division

x = 6.86
y = 9.79
z = 3.03

round((x/y)*0.88*z)

But it shows an error message 

Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: 'float' object is not callable

Is there any problem in my code. I am using python 2.7 as my default python version . I am new so please help me.

Answer 1

"TypeError 'float' object is not callable" It probably means that you are trying to call a method when a property with the same name is available. If this is indeed the problem, the solution is easy. Simply change the method call into a property access.

In your case you may change the things

return <variable>

with

return str(<variable>)

So you should program like

from __future__ import division

x = 6.86
y = 9.79
z = 3.03

str(round((x/y)*0.88*z))

Happy coding.

Answer 2

When working with different functions, then there may be a situation when a function is not properly called or invoked. You can face an error like;

“TypeError: ‘float’ object is not callable”.

This may be due to calling a float variable or object that is not callable.

Reason:

This may be due to syntax error or incorrect function definition.

What this error try to tell us?

This error is trying to tell us that the function you are trying to call is not a function object anymore. It is a different object and that object is not callable.

How to fix this error:

We can look for a variable that shares the same name as the function name and change the name to something else.

However, there are some cases when you cannot find the variable name. For example, In a juypter notebook, if you define a variable, it stays defined until you start kernel again and delete that variable. So there are chances that you define a variable named float and removed it from your code. However since it is not removed from the global scope, then you will keep getting the error.

How to delete a global scope variable?

A quick way to delete the global scope variable is to put del keyword at the start of variable definition.

In your case you can change program like;

from __future__ import division

 x = 6.86

 y = 9.79

 z = 3.03

 str(round((x/y)*0.88*z))