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Re: Something I have never seen before [message #169468 is a reply to message #169461]

Tue, 14 September 2010 15:59

sheldonlg
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On 9/13/2010 8:21 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/13/2010 8:07 PM, sheldonlg wrote:
>> In all my years of programming here is something I have never seen
>> before (that actually happened in a program:
>>
>> $b = array('5', '3');
>> $a = (count($b) + 1)/2;
>> print 'count = ' . count($b) . '<br>';
>> print 'a = ' . $a;
>>
>>
>> Output:
>> =======
>> count = 2
>> a = 1.5
>>
>> I just don't understand how this is possible, that a is not one.
>>
>
> (2 + 1) / 2 = 1.5.
>
> How could it be anything else?
>

Wow. I guess in all the years of PHP programming I had never before had
a need for integer arithmetic. In Java, C, Fortran, etc. an integer
slash integer yields an integer. In PHP (I just looked it up) it can be
a float. So, I just assumed that it was the same in PHP. I guess that
this is because PHP is an untyped language.

Yes, I do feel silly now.

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Shelly

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		Something I have never seen before By: sheldonlg on Tue, 14 September 2010 00:07
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 14 September 2010 00:21
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: Marious Barrier on Tue, 14 September 2010 02:04
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: Erwin Moller on Tue, 14 September 2010 06:54
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: sheldonlg on Tue, 14 September 2010 15:59
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 14 September 2010 17:09
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: matt[1] on Tue, 14 September 2010 17:34
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: Sherm Pendley on Tue, 14 September 2010 02:42
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 14 September 2010 09:24
		Re: Something I have never seen before By: matt[1] on Tue, 14 September 2010 12:21

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