Division operation is giving me the wrong result

Question

I\'m trying to divide one number by another in Processing, and I keep getting the wrong answer.

float a;
a = 3/2;
prin         


        

Answer 1

Your division in interpreted as an integer division and will most probably follow Java integer division rules (since Processing seem to be based on Java).

Java inherits most of its division rules from C, these being explained in more details in a specific question/answer here.