python - TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for &: 'float' and 'float'

Question

When I try and run my code I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/exal/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/main.py", line 9, in <module>
    if powerOfTwoCheck(n) == True:
  File "/home/exal/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/main.py", line 4, in powerOfTwoCheck
    return (n & (n - 1)) == 0 and n > 0
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for &: 'float' and 'float'
50.0

This error only occcurs when I use the % operator, everything else seems to function correctly when I remove it.

my code:

# Collatz conjecture in python

def powerOfTwoCheck(n):
    return (n & (n - 1)) == 0 and n > 0
# If a number is a power of two then it will eventually lead to the 4-1 loop

n = 100
while True:
    if powerOfTwoCheck(n) == True:
        break
    elif n%2 == 0:  # checks if number is even
        n = n / 2
        print(n)
    elif n % 2 != 0:  # Checks if number is odd
        n = (n * 3) + 1
        print(n)

Why is it occuring and How would i fix it?

(sorry if this is formatted wrong or a bad question, I rarely use stack overflow)

Answer 1

It is because in this:

elif n%2 == 0:  # checks if number is even
    n = n / 2

it converts n into a float that give error you have to convert it into integer

end code will be

def powerOfTwoCheck(n):
    return (n & (n - 1)) == 0 and n > 0
n = 100
while True:
    if powerOfTwoCheck(n) == True:
        break
    elif n%2 == 0:
        n = int(n / 2)
        print(n)
    elif n % 2 != 0:
        n = (n * 3) + 1
        print(n)

You can use:

elif n%2 == 0:
    n = int(n / 2)

or

elif n%2 == 0:
    n = (n // 2)