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| From | garabik-news-2005-05@kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Division help in python |
| Date | 2012-09-08 07:03 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <k2eqjg$csd$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Ramyasri Dodla <ramyasri20@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am brand new to python. checking over basic stuff. I came across the >> problem while doing so. If any body aware of the problem, kindly respond me. >> >>>>> 5/10 >> 0 >>>>> - 5/10 >> -1 >> >> The second case also should yield a 'zero' but it is giving a -1 > > ... > The reason for this is that / (or in Python 3, //) rounds toward > negative infinity, not toward zero. This allows the modulo operator I think he means the non-obvious unary minus precedence. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- | Radovan Garabík http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/ | | __..--^^^--..__ garabik @ kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk | ----------------------------------------------------------- Antivirus alert: file .signature infected by signature virus. Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature file to help me spread!
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Re: Division help in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-07 23:06 +1000
Re: Division help in python garabik-news-2005-05@kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk - 2012-09-08 07:03 +0000
Re: Division help in python Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-09-08 10:09 +0200
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