Why does Decimal.Divide(int, int) work, but not (int / int)?

Question

How come dividing two 32 bit int numbers as ( int / int ) returns to me 0, but if I use Decimal.Divide() I get the correct answer? I\'m by no means

Answer 1

You want to cast the numbers:

double c = (double)a/(double)b;

Note: If any of the arguments in C# is a double, a double divide is used which results in a double. So, the following would work too:

double c = (double)a/b;

here is a Small Program :

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int a=0, b = 0, c = 0;
            int n = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine());
            string[] arr_temp = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            int[] arr = Array.ConvertAll(arr_temp, Int32.Parse);
            foreach (int i in arr)
            {
                if (i > 0) a++;
                else if (i < 0) b++;
                else c++;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", (double)a / n);
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", (double)b / n);
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", (double)c / n);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }