Why does dividing a float by an integer return 0.0?

Question

So if I have a range of numbers \'0 - 1024\' and I want to bring them into \'0 - 255\', the maths would dictate to divide the input by the maximum the input will be (1024 in

Answer 1

n / 1024 is integer division, which yields an integer (ie. 0 in this case).

Use n / 1024.0 instead.