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Re: forcing output type

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: forcing output type
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:47:05 +0100
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Clint Adams wrote:
>float f; (( f = 2/3 )); print $f
>
>to output the equivalent of what would be output
>if, for instance, the "2" were replaced by "2.0"?

The expression "2/3" is a truncating integer division; its value is
exactly 0.  Just as in C, if you want to do a floating-point division
you have to provide floating-point operands.

-zefram

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