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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Float Issues When Dividing

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Somarl
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Posted: 18th Jul 2012 17:11
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Cant seem to remember how to get round this issue.

Number As float
Number = 100 / 120

Print Number
Wait Key

Returns 0 when what i am after is something like 0.83333333333333 and so on. I know i am missing something, can anyone clarify?
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nonZero
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Posted: 18th Jul 2012 21:08
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Try this


The reason is that the compiler needs to know to return a float value as you are dividing two Integers, the answer will be an integer. One number must always be a float.

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Kezzla
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Posted: 20th Jul 2012 12:07
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holy crap, I never knew you could declare a float without a # tag on the end. learn something new every day.

cheers mate.

Sometimes I like to use words out of contents
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nonZero
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Posted: 20th Jul 2012 21:53
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@Kezzla:
Yeah, it's amazing when you think you have a language waxed and then you get these little oddities that jump up and make your life so much easier. Here's a useful thing I picked up on an unrelated thread recently - credits to Chris Tate:
You can return an evaluation to a variable, C-style!


Until then, I thought you could only do that in c++.

Here's the thread:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=198228&b=1

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