From: andg <hackandg@...>
Date: 2012-12-24T05:03:14+09:00
Subject: Re: simple division: -9 / 5 = -2 what?

You are looking for (0.0-9)/5 or -9.0/5 or -9/5.0  To ruby numerals are integers unless they are bigints.
On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Derrick B. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> -9 / 5
> => -2
> irb(main):002:0> -9.to_f / 5.to_f
> => -1.8
> irb(main):003:0> (-9.to_f / 5.to_f).to_i
> => -1
> 
> If I want to assign the integer quotient of the above example, do I
> really need to go from float to integer?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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