Rails - Dec 2005 - slightly OT - Ruby division

Hey all,

In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two integers,
the result is a double?

Any help appreciated,

Jin


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int1 / int2.to_f

this will force it into a float.

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Jin Lee wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
> integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two integers,
> the result is a double?
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
> Jin
>

Jin Lee wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
> integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two 
> integers,
> the result is a double?
No, you have to convert one of them to a float first:
x.to_f/y

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On 16/12/2005, at 11:27 AM, Jin Lee wrote:
> In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is  
> an integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two  
> integers, the result is a double?
Ruby never automatically casts (except between Fixnum and Bignum), so  
you have to cast to float using Fixnum#to_f

1.to_f / 5.to_f 	# => 0.2


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This might help:
>> a = 1
=> 1
>> b = 2
=> 2
>> a / b
=> 0
>> a.to_f / b
=> 0.5
>> a / b.to_f
=> 0.5
>> a.to_f / b.to_f
=> 0.5

Regards,
Douglas

On 12/15/05, Jin Lee <jinslee-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
> integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two integers,
> the result is a double?
>

a = 10
b = 3
a/b.to_f

-Matt


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On 12/16/05, Jin Lee <jinslee-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hey all,
>
>  In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
> integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two integers,
> the result is a double?
>
>  Any help appreciated,
irb(main):001:0> 5/3
=> 1
irb(main):002:0> 5.to_f/3
=> 1.66666666666667
irb(main):003:0> 5*1.0/3
=> 1.66666666666667

martin

Jin Lee <jinslee@...> writes:
> Hey all,
> In my code, it seems that when I divide two integers, the result is an
> integer. Is there any way to make it such that when I divide two
> integers, the result is a double?
> Any help appreciated,
> Jin
Apparently Float is not only a class, but also a method! I gather, then, that
Ruby is sort of Lisp-2 (non-methods and methods have different namespaces).

#> Float(3)
3.0
#> Float(22)/7
3.14285714285714

> Apparently Float is not only a class, but also a method! I gather, then,
that
> Ruby is sort of Lisp-2 (non-methods and methods have different namespaces).
>
> #> Float(3)
> 3.0
> #> Float(22)/7
> 3.14285714285714
#to_f is usually used instead:

#> 3.to_f
3.0
#> 22.to_f / 7
> 3.14285714285714
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