Why does this line of code return 0?

I'm using something similar to this script to get the % of memory.

llOwnerSay((string)((llGetFreeMemory() / 64000) * 100));

But it returns 0.
I've worked out the issue is with the division. So why can't LSL divide a small value by a large value? Or am I missing something. Most languages can do this.
Even a simple calculator can do that.

I didn't think something this simple would be such a big of a problem. lol
What methods do most people use?

It's not very intuitive but also not unique to LSL... try this:

llOwnerSay((string)((llGetFreeMemory() / 64000.0) * 100));

..basically you need to divide by a float, not an integer.

Because you're using integer literal values. If the free memory is smaller than 64000 (which is an incorrect value btw) the result of the division will always be smaller than 1. In integer calculation, this can only be 0.

Try this instead:

llOwnerSay((string)((llGetFreeMemory() * 100) / 65536));

(smacks forehead)
Time for some caffeine. I should have seen that.

You tried to script without a cup of coffee? Are you crazy?

most software is made of coffee and cigarettes

The development cycle:
Coffee
Cigarette
Code some lines
Test
Debug
Test
Cigarette
Coffee
Debug
Test
Repeat

So it's not just me then?

Peers down the list... yup, that's the development cycle as I know it.

i don't smoke, and i rarely drink coffee as it messes with my stomach sometimes. perhaps that's why i can't focus on a single project lol

Replace coffee with decaf, since I can't sleep if I drink it, and replace smokes with chocoloate, since I don't smoke. Otherwise, yeah, that's how it works.

But don't forget

staying up all night
answering pesky calls from people who say they love us but are interfering with concentration
managers or customers who keep bugging us for progress reports, when we're busy trying to make the *progress* in the first place
going to useless meetings

and of course, in the modern methodology:

google for API details or an algorithm -- so much better than a table full of open manuals and stopping by the engineering library for "Collected Algorithms of the ACM".

This cannot be the real coding cycle, as I don't see twinkies, jolt cola, or beer listed anywhere.