My computer can't do basic arithmetic (or I'm doing something stupid)

[ajtunbridge]

float aspectRatio = 1280 / 1024;
Console.WriteLine(aspectRatio.ToString());

RESULT? 1

float aspectRatio = 1280 / 800;
Console.WriteLine(aspectRatio.ToString());

RESULT? 1

float aspectRatio = 1280 / 500;
Console.WriteLine(aspectRatio.ToString());

RESULT? 2 Any idea why this might be?

[buchstaben]

try

float aspectRatio = 1280f / 500f;

what you're doing is calculating with integers and assigning the result to float. you need to calculate with floats.

[Frank Horn]

The compilers understands the right side expressions to be integers. You only get a decent result with float aspectRatio = (float)1280 / (float)500;

[ajtunbridge]

I see. Thanks to you both.

[blackjack2150]

The result of an arithmetic operation on two integers is an integer. To get the float value, you must do explicit casting.

[John_Adams]

Hi, You need to type cast the expression to float like the following: float aspectRatio = (float)1280 / 1024; MessageBox.Show(aspectRatio.ToString()); Or float aspectRatio = (float)1280 / 500; MessageBox.Show(aspectRatio.ToString()); This will fix the issue.

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