topic Re: Dividing an integer raster by an integer raster in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217039#M3064 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I suspect that cell statistics (mean) enforces floating point division to avoid what you have observed</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:35:49 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2010-10-29T14:35:49Z Dividing an integer raster by an integer raster https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217036#M3061 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi-</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Why does dividing an integer raster by an integer raster (either in the Raster Calculator or the Divide tool) produce an output integer raster, instead of a floating-point raster?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:47:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217036#M3061 BruceWiggins 2010-10-29T13:47:32Z Re: Dividing an integer raster by an integer raster https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217037#M3062 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It is referred to as integer division and is common in most programming languages, also, it is described in the help files.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z0000008r000000.htm">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z0000008r000000.htm</A></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:02:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217037#M3062 DanPatterson_Retired 2010-10-29T14:02:10Z Re: Dividing an integer raster by an integer raster https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217038#M3063 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>OK, thanks.&nbsp; I'm not a programmer, so I expected a "normal" math result.&nbsp; Other tools involving division (Cell Statistics (mean), for example) produce floating point output, so I assumed that division would too.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:14:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217038#M3063 BruceWiggins 2010-10-29T14:14:21Z Re: Dividing an integer raster by an integer raster https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217039#M3064 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I suspect that cell statistics (mean) enforces floating point division to avoid what you have observed</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:35:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/dividing-an-integer-raster-by-an-integer-raster/m-p/217039#M3064 DanPatterson_Retired 2010-10-29T14:35:49Z