floating number/percentage outputiing issue

[dhuan]

i cant figure out how to display the damn floating number that represents percentage.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    const int theNumber = 8888;
    float percentage;

    for(int n = 0; n <= theNumber; n++)
    {
        percentage = (n / theNumber * 100);
        cout<<percentage<<" - "<<n<<"-> I'll be an excellent programmer."<<endl;
    }
}

[C_ntua]

What is your output on what you have?

If the precision is the problem look here

[pianorain]

percentage = (n / theNumber * 100);

This is performing integer math, not floating-point math.

[Elysia]

If the result is less than 100%, then the decimals would be chopped off and you get 0, multiply it by 100 which is still 0.
You need to change one of the sides to a float or double.
For example:
percentage = (n * 1.0f / theNumber * 100);