Why does integer division in C# return an integer and not a float?

Question

Does anyone know why integer division in C# returns an integer and not a float? What is the idea behind it? (Is it only a legacy of C/C++?)

In C#:

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Answer 1

As a little trick to know what you are obtaining you can use var, so the compiler will tell you the type to expect:

int a = 1;
int b = 2;
var result = a/b;

your compiler will tell you that result would be of type int here.