division by 7 efficiently ???

[Paul McGuire]

On Jan 31, 11:36 pm, "Paddy" <paddy3... at netscape.net> wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2:42 am, krypto.wiz... at gmail.com wrote:
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>
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> > How to divide a number by 7 efficiently without using - or / operator.
> > We can use the bit operators. I was thinking about bit shift operator
> > but I don't know the correct answer.
> >>> int.__div__(14,2)
> 7
>
> Not a minus or division operator in sight ;-)
>
> - Paddy.

Now I'm confused - was the OP trying to divide by 7 or 2?

-- Paul