C++ Truncating Floats in Function Return -

i have written own floatarray class use project. problem i'm having when use method return value @ given index, returned value truncated int , not entire float. if use overloaded << operator made within (it accesses background array in normal manner) prints entire float fine.

any ideas i'm missing here?

my floatarray class function:

float floatarray::get(int index) const {     int returnval(0);      if (index > this->size-1 || index < 0)         {             cout << "index out of bounds!" << endl;             exit(1);         }     else         {             returnval=this->array[index];         }      return returnval; } 

overloaded << operator:

ostream & operator<<(ostream & _ostream, floatarray &rhs) {     for(int i=0; <= rhs.size-1; i++)         {             _ostream << rhs.array[i] << " ";         }     return _ostream; } 

example main:

int main() {      floatarray floats(2);      float zero(0.12);     float one(1.12);     float two(2.12);      floats.push(zero);     floats.push(one);      floats.expandby(1);      floats.push(two);      cout << "using overloaded << operator: " << floats << endl;      cout.precision(2);     cout << fixed << "using function: " << floats.get(0) << " " << floats.get(1) << " " << floats.get(2) << endl;         return 0; } 

main's output:

using overloaded << operator: 0.12 1.12 2.12  using function: 0.00 1.00 2.00 

this problem:

 v int returnval(0); 

why int?