> I realize that this is not really too CircleMUD related,
> but would someone mind helping me out with this problem.
>
> Given:
> int top_of_dam_messt = 18;
> int perc_hit = 6;
>
> msgnum = (int)(((perc_hit)/(top_of_dam_messt + 1)) + 0.5);
>
> Why does msgnum keep coming out to Zero (0)?
Integer math... decimals are dropped at every step: 6/19 = 0, +.5 = 0.
Do the math in a float first, then drop it back to int.
Ron
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