How to simulate C style integer division?

Peter Heitzer peter.heitzer at rz.uni-regensburg.de
Thu Jan 21 03:44:38 EST 2016


Shiyao Ma <i at introo.me> wrote:
>Hi,

>I wanna simulate C style integer division in Python3.

>So far what I've got is:
># a, b = 3, 4

>import math
>result = float(a) / b
>if result > 0:
>  result = math.floor(result)
>else:
>  result = math.ceil(result)


>I found it's too laborious. Any quick way?
In Python3 you have to use the floor division operator '//'
For example:
result=a//b






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