Re: C++: How to do floating point division?

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From: Jim Cobban
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00

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

const double pi = M_PI;	/* much more accurate */
      ^^^^^^


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