From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Floating point accuracy
Date: 3 Mar 1997 23:45:11 GMT
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David Tucker (david AT temss2 DOT main DOT temple DOT edu) wrote:
: 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.

The integer result is indeed 0 - you can't fit any '1000's into a '994'.
If you are interested in the real result, cast to float (or double for
more accuracy) before dividing. Make sure X is of a floating-point type, 
though.

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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.