So I am trying to learn how to divide fractions. I am confused why dividing variables gives the correct result, and dividing the numbers themselves gives an incorrect result. I have tried to searching on here and couldn't find anything relevant. Here is an image to show why I am talking about.
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`1/3` is integer division, will give a result of `0` because of truncation. Did you mean `1.0/3.0` ? – AntonH Mar 16 '17 at 04:24
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1In the future, please don't post images of text. Copy-paste the text, as text, instead. – Some programmer dude Mar 16 '17 at 04:25
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Ok, thank you! will do! I understand now thank you! – pewpew Mar 16 '17 at 04:26
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1[don't put images of text](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/303812/995714) – phuclv Mar 16 '17 at 04:33
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The expression 1 / 3 is an integer expression. You divide two int values. That leads to truncation.
Try e.g. 1.0 / 3.0 instead.
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1Just to be precise: it truncates towards zero, thus if one operand is negative, the result is actually higher than one might expect. – too honest for this site Mar 16 '17 at 06:01