Re: [Gnuplot-info] integer vs. floating point division

[theozh <th...@gm...>]

Thanks Ethan,
I knew the int() function but didn't know about the real() function. I thought this is for extracting the real part of complex numbers, but obviously it can also be used to convert an integer number to a real number.

> [shrug]  integer division is "normal" for most programming and 
> scripting languages.
[ahem]... then the few languages I know a little bit (Perl, Python, Pascal,... ) are not "normal" ;-)

What worries me a bit is:
Quote help:
"The result of division of a negative integer by a positive one may vary among compilers. Try a test like "print -5/2" to determine if your system chooses -2 or -3 as the answer."

Well, as long as I am working only on my system I should know what I will get ;-).