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Re: How to simulate C style integer division?

From "Peter Heitzer" <peter.heitzer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to simulate C style integer division?
Date 2016-01-21 08:44 +0000
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Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me> wrote:
>Hi,

>I wanna simulate C style integer division in Python3.

>So far what I've got is:
># a, b = 3, 4

>import math
>result = float(a) / b
>if result > 0:
>  result = math.floor(result)
>else:
>  result = math.ceil(result)


>I found it's too laborious. Any quick way?
In Python3 you have to use the floor division operator '//'
For example:
result=a//b

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How to simulate C style integer division? Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me> - 2016-01-21 16:39 +0800
  Re: How to simulate C style integer division? "Peter Heitzer" <peter.heitzer@rz.uni-regensburg.de> - 2016-01-21 08:44 +0000
  Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-01-21 10:59 +0200
    Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-01-21 12:13 +0200
  Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Grobu <snailcoder@retrosite.invalid> - 2016-01-22 02:59 +0100
    Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-22 14:48 +1100
      Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Grobu <snailcoder@retrosite.invalid> - 2016-01-23 13:04 +0100
        Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Grobu <snailcoder@retrosite.invalid> - 2016-01-23 13:52 +0100
          Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-01-23 17:07 +0200
            Re: How to simulate C style integer division? Grobu <snailcoder@retrosite.invalid> - 2016-01-23 17:44 +0100

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