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I’m simply trying to calculate and print a percentage, and although the variables being used in calculation are displaying correctly, the final percentage keeps showing as “0”. Here is the code:

 int iWageredTot = iBet * 4 * iGames;
    cout<<"Total Won: "<<iBankRoll<<endl;
    cout<<"Wagered total: "<<iWageredTot<<endl;
    float iPercent;
    iPercent = iBankRoll / iWageredTot;
    cout<<iPercent<<"% edge\n"<<endl;

And this is the output:

Total won: -770
Wagered Total: 4000
0% edge

I tried using int, float, and double. What am I missing? Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

Maybe

iPercent = (float)iBankRoll / iWageredTot;

If iBankRoll and iWageredTot are declared as int, iBankRoll / iWageredTot will also be an int which will be then converted to float, but if it’s initially 0, you’ll end up with a float 0.