From: Gui Djos <guidjos0x00@...>
Date: 2010-02-16T13:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help

William Rutiser wrote:
> In Ruby, numbers without a decimal point are treated as integers. The
> result of dividing an integer by an integer is an integer with any
> remainder discarded. If either argument is a float, the result is a
> float without rounding or truncation. The "Float()" method only converts
> the result of its argument expression to float. Try dividing by 2.0
> instead of 2.
> 
> You should also look up the relative precedence of the ** and +
> operator, and while you have the book open, check on how Ruby deals with
> negative quotients of integers.
> 
> -- Bill


 Now that's a useful post. Rob's was nice too, and I appreciate it guys. 
I'll have a look at all the info you gave me and try to see through this 
one.
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