In C++ float value being truncated from double

Question

I\'ve coded using float variables before and never had this problem.

float  a, b, subtotal, stx;
a=15.95;
b=24.95;
subtotal=a+b;
stx=subtotal*.07;

cout <         


        

Answer 1

15.95 is treated as a double no matter what it is assigned to; the variable's type only affects what value it ends up holding, not what you try to assign to it. The right side of an assignment is always evaluated first.