How to make the division of 2 ints produce a float instead of another int?

Solution 1:

Just cast one of the two operands to a float first.

v = (float)s / t;

The cast has higher precedence than the division, so happens before the division.

The other operand will be effectively automatically cast to a float by the compiler because the rules say that if either operand is of floating point type then the operation will be a floating point operation, even if the other operand is integral. Java Language Specification, §4.2.4 and §15.17

Solution 2:

Try:

v = (float)s / (float)t;

Casting the ints to floats will allow floating-point division to take place.

You really only need to cast one, though.

Solution 3:

Cast one of the integers to a float to force the operation to be done with floating point math. Otherwise integer math is always preferred. So:

v = (float)s / t;

Solution 4:

To lessen the impact on code readabilty, I'd suggest:

v = 1d* s/t;