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Alex Zaitsev
Alex Zaitsev

Reputation: 1781

Output is zero when dividing?

Maybe I can't see obvious thing but:

int x1 = 2;
int y1 = 4;
int x2 = 11;
int y2 = 7;
double res = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1);
System.out.println(res);

Output:

0.0

Why?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 204

Answers (4)

stevevls
stevevls

Reputation: 10843

The problem is you're doing integer arithmetic. You need a typecast in order to convert the numerator or denominator to floating point first (e.g.):

int x1 = 2;
int y1 = 4;
int x2 = 11;
int y2 = 7;
double res = (double)(y2-y1)/(x2-x1);
System.out.println(res);

If you do division on whole numbers, the result is truncated to the nearest whole number (which yields the same result as a floor operation). For example:

0 / 2 == 0
1 / 2 == 0
2 / 2 == 1
3 / 2 == 1

etc.

Upvotes: 7

Valentino Ru
Valentino Ru

Reputation: 5052

try

int x1 = 2;
int y1 = 4;
int x2 = 11;
int y2 = 7;
double res = (double)(y2-y1)/(x2-x1);
System.out.println(res);

You have to box it "while" doing the operation, not after

Upvotes: 1

PermGenError
PermGenError

Reputation: 46398

cast (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) to double like below:

                    int x1 = 2;
            int y1 = 4;
            int x2 = 11;
            int y2 = 7;
            double res = (double)(y2-y1)/(x2-x1);
            System.out.println(res);

Output: 0.3333333333333333

Upvotes: 0

neilb
neilb

Reputation: 120

you need to initially define those variables as doubles and it should work.

Upvotes: 1

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