Division help in python

Sat Sep 8 03:03:12 EDT 2012

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Ramyasri Dodla <ramyasri20 at 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
> 
> 

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> 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.

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