Division by zero

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Search the Flutter project for ratingCount and the average-rating calculation, then reproduce the crash with a zero count. Update the calculation so the zero-count case is handled without producing Infinity or NaN, and verify that the app no longer crashes when no ratings exist.

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Description

🐛 Describe the bug

The application crashes when calculating the average rating due to a division by zero error. This occurs when ratingCount is 0, which leads to an invalid division operation.

Steps to Reproduce
Ensure ratingCount is 0
Trigger any code path that calculates the average rating
The app crashes immediately

double ratingTotal = 0;
int ratingCount = 0;

double averageRating = ratingTotal / ratingCount; // ❌ Crash here
print(averageRating);

Unsupported operation: Infinity or NaN toInt

#0 double.toInt (dart:core-patch/double.dart:xxx)
#1 YourWidget.build (package:your_app/your_widget.dart:xx)
#2 StatelessElement.build (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:xxx)
#3 ComponentElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:xxx)
Expected Behavior

The app should handle cases where ratingCount == 0 gracefully, without crashing.

💡 Suggested Fix

Add a guard condition before division:

double averageRating = ratingCount == 0
? 0
: ratingTotal / ratingCount;

Dominant language
Dart
Stars
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Forks
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PR merge metrics
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