3 / 2 is 1?

Rails
1

Hi all

Why is 3/2=1 in a Rais view? How can I get Rails to output 1.5 as the
result?

Thanks
Josh

2

That’s a common ruby gotcha. Division of integers results in an
integer. To fix, convert one or both numbers to floats with .to_f or
include a decimal place on the literal (e.g., 3.0/2)

HTH,

-Roy

3

At least one of the numbers needs to be a float. Here’s an example of
script/console output:

Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.1)

3/2
=> 1

3.0/2
=> 1.5

3/2.0
=> 1.5

3.0/2.0
=> 1.5

In Ruby, division of integers returns only the integer part of the
result.

Craig

4

Thanks guys :slight_smile: