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  1. 12-09-2009, 10:51 PM #1
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    Smile Decimals in java help!!

    hi
    i need some help with java
    ive got an assignment and 1 of the questions is 22 divided by 1000000 see i no the answer is 0.000022 but everytime i try it in bluej i keep gettin the answer as 0.0 ive tried float and double could anyone suggest another way for me to get my answer showing correctly

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    Your problem is that you're doing int division which always results in an int. try dividing 1.0 by 22.0
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    ok i tried that and it did not work :(
    thanks for ur help
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gold View Post
    ok i tried that and it did not work :(
    thanks for ur help
    Well, my suggestion works, but without seeing your code, we'll have no idea what you're doing wrong.
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