Re: Integer conversion error

[Chris Marsh]

> Why is this happening? A float converted to an int should retain the
> same value, not drop .01 as if it were rounding down. Please pardon my
> ignorance if I'm missing something obvious.

This looks like it is just a floating point precision problem.  Remember, 
floats do not always store exact values; they store approximations to them. 
In your case, if you round to the nearest cent, your program should work:

cents = int ((amount+0.005)*100);

Hope this helps

Chris