Re: How to do floating point division?

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From: John Burton
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00

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Jules wrote in message <7Riz2.11845$cQ5.6291@nnrp2.clara.net>...
>Dear all, I want to do a const line like this in C++:
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>const float pi = 22/7;
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>but '/' will only return an int, so how do I have a float to store in pi?
>
>Thanks,
>            Jules
>


const float pi = 22.0/8.0;

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Subject: Re: How to do floating point division?
Date: 1999/02/19
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