# Assignment to Int Variable Seems Improper

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**Tags:** SystemVerilog, systemverilog-datatypes, Real-datatypes\
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_In reply to [Karan](https://verificationacademy.com/forums/t/assignment-to-int-variable-seems-improper/32882/3):_

Yes. C behaves the same way, although the C standard defines it a bit more explicitly than the SystemVerilog standard.

From C11:

> When integers are divided, the result of the / operator is the algebraic quotient with any  
> fractional part discarded. …This is often called “truncation toward zero”.

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