"""
THIS SCRIPT DIVIDES 1 BY 2 AND (ATTEMPTS TO) REPORT THE RESULTS IN SEVERAL WAYS

To create an ArcToolbox tool with which to execute this script, do the following.
1   In  ArcMap > Catalog > Toolboxes > My Toolboxes, either select an existing toolbox
    or right-click on My Toolboxes and use New > Toolbox to create (then rename) a new one.
2   Drag (or use ArcToolbox > Add Toolbox to add) this toolbox to ArcToolbox.
3   Right-click on the toolbox in ArcToolbox, and use Add > Script to open a dialog box.
4   In this Add Script dialog box, use Label to name the tool being created, and press Next.
5   In a new dialog box, browse to the .py file to be invoked by this tool, and press Next.
6   In the next dialog box, press Finish.
7   To later revise any of this, right-click to the tool's name and select Properties.
"""

# Import necessary modules
import sys, os, string, math, arcpy

# Define two floating-point literals
theNumerator    = 1.0
theDenominator  = 2.0

# Report those literals noting the use of \n and str()
arcpy.AddMessage( '\n' + str(theNumerator) + \
            ' is to be divided by ' + str(theDenominator) + ',' )