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I need to display a value on a LCD display as a decimal. it will be x/100 and the result will be between 0.00 and 2.00
If I try
 lcd.print(x/100);
it does not work and simply show 1

Thanks

[Reply #1 on:]

you have to add ".0"

Code:

Serial.print(2.0/ 100.0);

[Reply #2 on:]

Too easy!
So will all maths work like that?

[Reply #3 on:]

well that is for floats, 
 integers will be fine without the decimal.
take a look at the data type section
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage

[Reply #4 on:]

Two remarks:

Be aware that using floats is relative expensive in term of memory and speed.
Doing it with int 's is possible but takes a few lines of code as you need to "calculate every digit simultaneously.

// you can add a 2nd parameter to the print statement to idicate the number of decimals, default this is 2.
Serial.print(2.0/ 100.0, precission);

[Reply #5 on:]

OP, say you already have a number between 0 and 200, and you want to display between 0.00 and 2.00, here is what the extra lines rob was referring to:

Code:

lcd.print(number/100); // integer part
lcd.write('.'); // Print decimal point
if ((number%100)<10) lcd.write('0');// leading zero
lcd.print(number%100);