Floating Point Exception C++ Why and what is it?

Question

I'm building a program for the Euler projects question 3, and while that might not really matter as a result I'm current trying to make this code take a number and test if it is prime or not. Now then before I get to troubleshoot the function it gives me the error "floating point exception" right after inputting the number. Here's the code:

int main()
{
    int input;
    cout << "Enter number: " << endl;
    cin>> input;
    int i = input/2;
    int c;
    for (i>0; i--;) {
        c= input%i;
        if (c==0 || i == 1)
            cout << "not prime" << endl;
        else
            cout << "prime" << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

so essentially why is it giving me a floating point exception and what does that even mean?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4236853/floating-point-exception-c-why-and-what-is-it

Answer 1

A "floating point number" is how computers usually represent numbers that are not integers -- basically, a number with a decimal point. In C++ you declare them with float instead of int. A floating point exception is an error that occurs when you try to do something impossible with a floating point number, such as divide by zero.