simple math question
John Salerno
johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com
Sat Feb 11 16:43:33 EST 2006
John Salerno wrote:
> Hi all. I'm just starting out with Python, so I'm a little slow right
> now. :)
>
> Can someone explain to me why the expression 5 / -2 evaluates to -3,
> especially considering that -2 * -3 evaluates to 6?
>
> I'm sure it has something to do with the negative number and the current
> way that the / operator is implemented, but why doesn't it evaluate to
> -2 instead?
Thanks for the help guys! It's clearer to me now, and I think I was just
conceptualizing it the wrong way in the first place.
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