Decimal value after calculation

Question

I can't understand what is wrong? I have a little variable.

decimal Price = 22348 / 100;

The answer I get is: 223, but I should get 223.48. What is the problem?

Possible duplicate of [How can I divide two integers to get a double?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/661028/how-can-i-divide-two-integers-to-get-a-double) — MakePeaceGreatAgain, Mar 24 '17 at 10:35

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '17 at 10:33

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What you are doing is this:

decimal = (decimal)(int / int);

So you are calculating integers (yielding the result you get) and then convert the outcome to a decimal.

Instead, you could cast either of the operands to a decimal:

decimal Price = 22348 / 100M;

answered Mar 24 '17 at 10:33

Patrick Hofman

Thanks for the super fast answer. – Omar Lers Mar 24 '17 at 10:34
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Sorry if this is a stupid question but what does the "M" do after the 100? – Syntax Error Mar 24 '17 at 10:35
Cool. Learn something new each day. Thanks :) – Syntax Error Mar 24 '17 at 10:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 11:18

Declare those numbers as decimal variable then put the divisions result in the other decimal variable.

    decimal num1 = 22348;
    decimal num2 = 100;
    decimal Price = (num1 / num2);
    Console.WriteLine(Price);

This will give the result 223.48

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