Ensure a variable is divisible by 4

Jonathan Smith smithj at rpath.com
Mon Dec 4 18:04:29 EST 2006


> <geskerrett at hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1165252238.866708.293510 at j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> I am sure this is a basic math issue, but is there a better way to
>> ensure an int variable is divisible by 4 than by doing the following;
>>
>> x = 111
>> x = (x /4) * 4
>>
>> Just seems a bit clunky to me.


if ( x % 4 ) == 0:
	whatever # x is divisible by 4

modulus is your friend :)

-smithj



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