How to simulate C style integer division?

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Grobu writes:

>> def intdiv(a, b):
>>      return (a - (a % (-b if a < 0 else b))) / b
>>
>>
>
> Duh ... Got confused with modulos (again).
>
> def intdiv(a, b):
>     return (a - (a % (-abs(b) if a < 0 else abs(b)))) / b

You should use // here to get an exact integer result.