From: sto.mar@...
Date: 2012-06-12T01:04:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Chris Pine "Learning Programming" Question

Am 11.06.2012 17:18, schrieb Michael Sung:
> QUESTION 1: For example, if I choose 99 as my number, left = number, and
> write = left/100, wouldn't write = 99/100?  In that case, why would
> write >  0 return 'one hundred'?

Maybe this helps:

irb(main):001:0> 99/100
=> 0
irb(main):002:0> 250/100
=> 2
irb(main):003:0> 99.0/100
=> 0.99
irb(main):004:0> 250/100.0
=> 2.5

In the first two cases you are dealing with integer division.

For left = 99, write is *equal* to zero and "one hundred"
is *not* returned.

Regards,
Marcus