Thread: Rounding screwed up?

Ok so I have this code:

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
public class testing{
	public static void main (String arg[]){
		int Answer=0;
		String Sa="";
		String Sb="";
		Sa = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the dividend.");
		Sb = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter the divisor.");
		int IntFormSa = Integer.parseInt(Sa);
		int IntFormSb = Integer.parseInt(Sb);
		Answer = IntFormSa / IntFormSb;
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The quotient is "+Answer);
		System.exit(0);
	}
}

The problem is, when I enter two numbers that should divide to equal a decimal answer, it rounds to a seemingly random integer. It's not the closest integer because when I input 2 and 3 for the dividend and divisor it says that the quotient is 0 yet it should be .6 repeating. Anyone know how to fix this so that it gives the exact decimal?

The primitives you are using cannot be used for floating point math. You should use a float or double, for example

float Answer = IntFormSa / (float)IntFormS

Note the cast in the denomenator

Originally Posted by The_Mexican

...it just says that there is an error converting the string to and int because of the period I put in it.

If it has a decimal point, then it's not an int!
You need

float whatever = Float.parseFloat(Sa);

Also note the usual java convention that variables are in all lower case. Conventions like this are well worth sticking to, because they make your code easier to read.

Thank you, changing it to float fixes everything! I will also remember to make my variables lowercase, so that they're easier to see. But also, why would anybody ever use int in place of float ever? float seems to fix everything.

Originally Posted by The_Mexican

But also, why would anybody ever use int in place of float ever? float seems to fix everything.

Lots of reasons! In fact you're probably likely to come across ints more often than floats. You just need to make sure you choose the right type of variable for what you want to do!