From:	"Elias Pschernig" <f DOT x DOT gruber-museum-arnsdorf AT magnet DOT at>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: A nice trap!
Date:	Sun, 31 May 1998 20:44:38 +0200
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Seawolf schrieb in Nachricht <35715A2E DOT A9A35953 AT net4you DOT co DOT at>...
>Do you know this one?
>Try it out :-)
>
>void main( void)
>{
>    float f;
>    f = 55 / 77;
>    printf( "%f", f);
>}
>/* and please mail me YOUR results */

it could be that zero as a result is correct, although i was a bit
surprised too. but it's no bug in DJGPP.
what you want is 55.0/77.0, this gives you 0.714...
without the .0, in C/C++ a number is always treated as an integer
it seems.

Elias Pschernig

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