Top "Division" questions

In mathematics, division (÷) is an arithmetic elementary operation.

How can I force division to be floating point? Division keeps rounding down to 0?

I have two integer values a and b, but I need their ratio in floating point. I know that a &…

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How can I do division with variables in a Linux shell?

When I run commands in my shell as below, it returns an expr: non-integer argument error. Can someone please explain …

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How to get a float result by dividing two integer values using T-SQL?

Using T-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server I would like to specify the number of decimal digits when I do a …

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How Does Modulus Divison Work

I don't really understand how modulus division works. I was calculating 27 % 16 and wound up with 11 and I don't understand why. …

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How can I calculate divide and modulo for integers in C#?

How can I calculate division and modulo for integer numbers in C#?

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What is the reason for having '//' in Python?

I saw this in someone's code: y = img_index // num_images where img_index is a running index and num_…

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C++ Best way to get integer division and remainder

I am just wondering, if I want to divide a by b, and am interested both in the result c …

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Simple division in Java - is this a bug or a feature?

I'm trying this simple calculation in a Java application: System.out.println("b=" + (1 - 7 / 10)); Obviously I expect the output to …

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Why does integer division in C# return an integer and not a float?

Does anyone know why integer division in C# returns an integer and not a float? What is the idea behind …

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