As an old C programmer, I'm surprised by some results I'm getting with
integer division. For example: -1/1000
-1 -9/2
-5
I expect the results of these expressions to be 0 and -4,
respectively.
I've looked at faqs and documentation, and nothing jumped out at me. Can
anyone explain the reasoning for this?
Thanks,
Michael Cornelius 2  1846 
> I've looked at faqs and documentation, and nothing jumped out at me. Can anyone explain the reasoning for this?
According to my math book integer division is defined as such:
a/b = q, where a = b*q + r and r is the remainder.
A remainder (ei a modulo) is always positive, effectively flooring all
the division operations.
Rory Geoghegan wrote: I've looked at faqs and documentation, and nothing jumped out at me. Can
anyone explain the reasoning for this?
According to my math book integer division is defined as such:
a/b = q, where a = b*q + r and r is the remainder.
A remainder (ei a modulo) is always positive, effectively flooring all
the division operations.
Remainders are always positive, but modulo can be
defined as either positive or negative (for negative
arguments). There are pros and cons for doing it either
way, although the Python way seems to have more pros
than cons.
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