Question

Rather than an “8.75” returned.

Which method? Thanks.

Answer 1

If I’m not completely wrong, 35/4 always evaluates to 8. Even in

double result = 35 / 4;

you will get this result (as double, i.e. 8.0). This is because 35 and 4 are both integers and therefore integer division is applied. The expression is first evaluated as integer and only the result is cast to a double value.

On the other hand, if you want the correct result 8.75 you’ ll have to write

 double result = 35. / 4;

in order to force floating point division to be applied. This is a common pitfall by the way.

Of course, if you have double values, like in

double a = 35;
double b = 4;

you need to either explicitely cast to an int or use Math.floor() as suggested in previous posts.