Re: How to do floating point division?

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From: Mike White
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00

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Well this works:

const float pi = (float)22/7;

but bear in mind I'm not exactly C++ qualified so I bet there is a better
answer!!

Mike
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?
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>Thanks,
>            Jules
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>*There is not enough darkness to extinguish the light of a small candle*
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Date: 1999/02/22
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