From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-03-21T03:21:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: 9/5=1 ?

--- Thomas Jollans <nospam@jollans.com> wrote:
> while learning ruby i wanted to program a simple fahrenheit to
> celsius 
> converter. for that i need 9/5 to be 1,8 (and not 1). how do i do
> that 
> in ruby?

9.0/5, 9/5.0 or 9.0/5.0

(i.e., force one to be non-integer)

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