Why does integer division code give the wrong answer? [duplicate]

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You’re dividing integers, which means that you’re using integer division.

In integer division the fractional part of the result is thrown away.

Try the following:

float res = (float) quantity / standard;
            ^^^^^^^

The above forces the numerator to be treated as a float which in turn promotes the denominator to float as well, and a float-division is performed instead of an int-division.

Note that if you’re dealing with literals, you can change

float f = 6800 / 500;

to include the f suffix to make the denominator a float:

float f = 6800f / 500;
              ^

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