Problems using System.println with a floar variable

Hi.

This is my test sketch:

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  float a = 1.23;
  Serial.println(a);  
  
  float b = 5/255;
  Serial.println(b);
}

void loop()
{ 
}

This is its output:

1.23
0.00

Can you please help me understand why it is printing 0.00 ? How can I print my float variable?

Thanks,
Dan

It is printing the value of your float variable, the value of which is 0.00.

float b = 5.0/255.0;

or
float b = (float)5/(float)255; (though one "float" would be sufficient)

Thanks a lot, that worked!

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