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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:02:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Best way to calculate fraction part of x?
From: Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com>
To: "Steven D'Aprano" <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> x % 1 is significantly faster, but has the disadvantage of giving the
> complement of the fraction if x is negative

I suppose

abs(x) % 1

would be just as slow as

x - int(x)

? (haven't checked)

Skip