lets say you have a bunch of ints, and you want to find the average in a float, so you add them all together and divide by how many (25 in my case), but like do i need to cast the int to a float before dividing because i have
float ave;
int sum;
ave = sum / 25;
and the answer is never correct :-( i know this is a simple question but i think i was asleep when we went over it in class
thanks guys
Is that what you're after? You should be able to cast either int to get a floating point.Code:#include <stdio.h> int main() { int total, tests; float ave; total = 5, tests = 439; ave = (float)tests / (float)total; printf("%.2f", ave); return 0; }
I haven't used a compiler in ages, so please be gentle as I try to reacclimate myself. :P
oh thanks i kept doing num (float) / 25
