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# Assign `float`s while leaving out zeroes

Python allows such strange assignment.

You can save bytes by removing the number preceding `.` if it's only `0`:
<!-- language-all: lang-python -->

    i=.5
    print(i)

[Try it online!][TIO-ktbh15ng]

[TIO-ktbh15ng]: https://tio.run/##K6gsycjPM/7/P9NWz5SroCgzr0QjU/P/fwA "Python 3 – Try It Online"

The same goes for succeeding digits, if the decimal part of the `float` is `0`:
<!-- language-all: lang-python -->

    i=5.
    print(i)

[Try it online!][TIO-ktbh2pnr]

[TIO-ktbh2pnr]: https://tio.run/##K6gsycjPM/7/P9PWVI@roCgzr0QjU/P/fwA "Python 3 – Try It Online"

You can't assign something with only `.` though, which is unfortunate.