Using T-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server I would like to specify the number of decimal digits when I do a division between 2 integer numbers like: select 1/3 That currently returns 0. I would like it to return 0,33. Something like: select round(1/3, -2) But that doesn’t work. How can I achieve the desired result? … Read more
Consider this division in Python: Python 3.1 (r31:73574, Jun 26 2009, 20:21:35) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information. >>> 2/2 1.0 Is this intended? I strongly remember earlier versions returning int/int = int. What should I do? Is there a new division operator or must … Read more
For example: 9 / 5 #=> 1 but I expected 1.8. How can I get the correct decimal (non-integer) result? Why is it returning 1 at all? 7 Answers 7
I have the results of a division and I wish to discard the decimal portion of the resultant number. How can I do this? 15 Answers 15
Multiplication and division can be achieved using bit operators, for example i*2 = i<<1 i*3 = (i<<1) + i; i*10 = (i<<3) + (i<<1) and so on. Is it actually faster to use say (i<<3)+(i<<1) to multiply with 10 than using i*10 directly? Is there any sort of input that can’t be multiplied or divided … Read more
Which of the following techniques is the best option for dividing an integer by 2 and why? Technique 1: x = x >> 1; Technique 2: x = x / 2; Here x is an integer. 22 Answers 22
This question already has answers here: What is the difference between ‘/’ and ‘//’ when used for division? (16 answers) Closed 6 years ago. I saw this in someone’s code: y = img_index // num_images where img_index is a running index and num_images is 3. When I mess around with // in IPython, it seems … Read more
How would you divide a number by 3 without using *, /, +, -, %, operators? The number may be signed or unsigned. 47 s 47
I have two integer values a and b, but I need their ratio in floating point. I know that a < b and I want to calculate a / b, so if I use integer division I’ll always get 0 with a remainder of a. How can I force c to be a floating point … Read more
