From: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Floating point accuracy
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 15:21:12 -0800
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David Tucker 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.
> 
> Does anyone know why this happens?
You have them as ints. (int) 5 / (int) 2 != 2.5
If you want floating point make them floats or doubles 
> Thank in advance...
> 
> David

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