From: david AT temss2 DOT main DOT temple DOT edu (David Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Floating point accuracy
Date: 3 Mar 1997 19:05:42 GMT
Organization: Temple University, Academic Computer Services
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I have a question.

When I do a calculation such as:

	X = a / b; // where int a = 994 and int b = 1000
		or
	cout << "X = " << a / b << endl;

my result is 0.



Does anyone know why this happens?


Thank in advance...


David