Problem with division

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#1

Code worked for almost a year; a few days ago it stopped working.

The variable “factor” is used to create a decimal 1.00-0.00 for a ratio of the amount of seconds that have passed since the start of the current class period (46 min = 2760 seconds.)

`
local factor = round(((current - start) / 2760),2);

function round(val, decimalPoints) {
local f = math.pow(10, decimalPoints) * 1.0;
local newVal = val * f;

newVal = math.floor(newVal + 0.5)
newVal = (newVal * 1.0) / f;

return newVal;
}
`

Even when I test:
server.log((current - start) / 2760); server.log((45843 - 44400) / 2760);

2016-09-07 12:42:56 UTC-5 [Device] 0
2016-09-07 12:42:56 UTC-5 [Device] 0

Thank you for any thoughts

#2

If current and start are both integers, then the division will be integer based. You could fix it by trying ((current-start)*1.0)/2760 to force it to use floats

#3

Thanks, I knew better.

I actually fixed it by doing:
local factor = round(((current - start) / 2760.0),2);