help with casting - changing type int to double

[G20RfSEw]

The title states it all. I cant see what i am doing incorrect here. I am trying to learn how to use this correctly but im getting an output of 1.14. Can someone help me with this. thank you.


#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int ppl, candy;
double candy_per_person;

ppl = '2';
candy = '9';


candy_per_person = static_cast<double>(candy)/ppl;

cout << "each person will get " << candy_per_person << " candies\n";\

cin >> ppl;

return 0;

}

[TwilightSpectre]

First, please you code tags for your code - look at the format bar when you edit your question.

Your problem is that '2' != 2:

1 2 3 4

int num = 2; cout << num << '\n'; int ch = '2'; cout << ch << '\n';

2 62

Try removing the quotes from your numeric literals.