From: Sam Duncan <sduncan@...>
Date: 2011-11-08T13:14:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Why does not this work?

On 08/11/11 17:01, Erbay Yigit wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I am trying to learn Ruby. I know some Perl. I cannot make following
> script work. Could you please help me understand why "c" value in the
> code does not print. It prints "0" for me. Thank you for help.
>
> code:
> --------
> temp1 = 1
> temp2 = 15
>
> puts "F:C"
>
> temp1.upto(temp2) do |i|
>    c = (i-32)*(5/9)
>    print i,':',c,"\n"
> end
> --------
>

Try 5/9 in irb, and then try 5.0/9, and then you may be closer to where 
you want to be =]

ruby-1.9.2-p290 :001 > 5.class.name
  => "Fixnum"
ruby-1.9.2-p290 :002 > 5.0.class.name
  => "Float"

Sam