How can I change between variable types?

Question

Please bear in mind that I am a newbie so this is me experimenting. I have written a small game that generates a random die roll which accumulates. After each roll, the player then gets the choice to roll again or stop. If at any time a 6 is rolled, the total is reset to 0 and the turn over. I have that all working fine.

Now I am.trying to add a points system where thr score given = total / 10. however, I am struggling to go from a total of 24 to a score of 2.4

It must be possible!

Thank you.

Answer 1

copy and paste into code playground on your pc?

but what i posted before should work.

int total = 24; // player rolls
float score = float(total) / 10.0;

Answer 2

float result = float(total) / 10.0;
Will this work?

Answer 3

can u show us your code?

Answer 4

https://code.sololearn.com/cp2QP5P2PUSB/?ref=app

Answer 5

According to the details provided in your question, @Jay's suggestion should work perfectly.

Answer 6

I have this as an app on my phone. I will try your code tomorrow and let you know. It is.4.am in UK and I have to go to bed!

Answer 7

I have my total as an Int. And set up a new variable for the score as a float.

Then I can do this:

cout << "Your total is: " << total<< " which scores "<< score;

I know there will be other ways around this, but ai want to learn how to do it as oart of my experimenting.

Thanks.

Answer 8

Is there an easier way than typing it all in here?

Answer 9

@Jay. Worked perfectly! Thank you. :-)

So does float(Total) temporarily change the variable from int to float?