That is EXACTLY the answer I was looking for! Thanks, worked like a charm! - Valnir
----- Original Message ----- From: "Selcuk Goren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Valnir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ROM List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:48 AM Subject: Re: Floats and Ints. *grumble* > If you divide an integer by another integer, what you'll get is also an > integer, the part after the decimal point is truncated. > You should cast one of the integers to float to get a float. > > dam = level * ((quality + (chance/10))/100); > chance / 10 is 10, quality plus this is 79, and this divided by 100 is 0. > level times 0 is again zero and you get zero. > > You should either say > > dam = level * ((quality + (chance/10))/100.0); > > where 100.0 forces the compiler to interpret it as a floating point number > rather than decimal or say > > dam = level * ((quality + (chance/10))/(float)100); > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valnir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "ROM List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:00 PM > Subject: Floats and Ints. *grumble* > > > > Here is a good one for you guys. If you can tell me why it's messing up, > > I'll be forever indebted. > > > > (some of the items listed below are shown hard coded for readability here) > > > > > /*************************************************************************** > > ***************/ > > int level = 142; > > int quality = 69; > > int chance = 100; > > float dam; > > int damage; > > > > dam = level * ((quality + (chance/10))/100); > > damage = dam / 2; > > > > if ( damage <= 0 ) > > { > > sprintf( buf, "Forge: EqLv: %d, Ore Quality: %d, Chance: %d, Dam: %f", > > level, quality, chance, dam ); > > bug( buf, 0 ); > > } > > > > > /*************************************************************************** > > ***************/ > > > > Here is the output from the log: > > [*****] BUG: Forge: EqLv: 142, Ore Quality: 69, Chance: 100, Dam: 0.000000 > > > > HELP!!! > > > > - Valnir > > > > > > -- > > ROM mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > >
