Question

i have this problem from a beginning c sharp book
this for conversion between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    float fahr, cel;
    if (Celsius.Checked == true)
    {
        fahr = float.Parse(textBox1.Text);
        cel = (5/9)*(fahr-32);
        richTextBox1.Text = "The Degree in Celsius is:" + cel.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + "cool isn't it!?";
    }
    else if (Fahrenheit.Checked == true )
    {
        cel = float.Parse(textBox1.Text);
        fahr = ((9 * cel)/5)+ 32;
        richTextBox1.Text = "The degree in Fahrenheit is:" + fahr.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + "cool is it!?";
    }

when i want to get Celsius from a Fahrenheit it keeps giving me 0 even though the formula appears to be true to me.
what’s wrong here?
because i think the problem lies here:

        if (Celsius.Checked == true)
    {
        fahr = float.Parse(textBox1.Text);
        cel = (5/9)*(fahr-32);
        richTextBox1.Text = "The Degree in Celsius is:" + cel.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + "cool isn't it!?";

maybe i have something wrong with Order of Ops but i think it’s True?
thanks for help.

Answer 1

Try putting another cast there just to be sure, like this:

cel = ((float)5/9)*(fahr-32);

Most probably 5/9 evaluate as ints and gives 0. Other option would be like this:

cel = (5f/9f)*(fahr-32);