Why does 4/6 = 0 - page 2

Mark · 2009-02-06T17:52:41.0000000

Okay anytime I divide anything like 4/6 or 5/8 i get 0. Does MQL4 automatically round fractions down to 0? This is a real pain because I need to base my buy orders on a number between 0 and 1. Basically I'm assigning each indicator a weighting, adding up the weightings for buy/sell signals and then dividing it by the total weightings.. like this: if(indicatorA=x) { SellSignal=SellSignal+WeightingA } if(indicatorB=y) { SellSignal=SellSignal+WeightingB } double SellTrigger=SellSignal/TotalWeight; //SellSignal is the sum of all indicator weightings showing overbought conditions, TotalWeight is the fixed maximum value SellSignal can take ie the sum of all the signal weightings But it consistently returns SellTrigger = 0 even thou SellSignal is showing some integer

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[Deleted] 2009.02.06 17:52 #11

Yeah found the problem, I thought I'd set everything to floating points but my TotalWeighting was still an integer. Fixed that problem. Still a little odd, but as people said the compiler was only doing what I asked it to. Thats the joy/pain of computer coding, they only do exactly what you tell them to...

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