Example of how Integer Division works in C/C++

Source:

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/*   Author: Mike Elms                                                */
/*   Date: 2/4/2012                                                   */
/*   Purpose: To Demonstrate how Integer Division works in C/C++      */
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
   cout << "Begin" << endl << endl; 

   cout << "Example of Integer Division" << endl << endl;

   cout << "1/2 = " << 1/2 << endl;
   cout << "1/3 = " << 1/3 << endl;
   cout << "2/3 = " << 2/3 << endl;
   cout << "3/2 = " << 3/2 << endl;

   cout << endl;

   cout << "Example of Floating Point Division" << endl << endl;

   cout << "1.0/2.0 = " << 1.0/2.0 << endl;
   cout << "1.0/3.0 = " << 1.0/3.0 << endl;
   cout << "2.0/3.0 = " << 2.0/3.0 << endl;
   cout << "3.0/2.0 = " << 3.0/2.0 << endl;

   cout << endl;

   cout << "End" << endl;
}

Output:

Begin

Example of Integer Division

1/2 = 0
1/3 = 0
2/3 = 0
3/2 = 1

Example of Floating Point Division

1.0/2.0 = 0.5
1.0/3.0 = 0.333333
2.0/3.0 = 0.666667
3.0/2.0 = 1.5

End