Syver Enstad wrote: >"Matthew Sherborne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>So I now realize that it is not "Integer Division", it is "Division >>with the >>result rounded down". >> > >I think you want this instead: > >round(5/2) > >By the way whats wrong with 5/2 = 2 ? >You have five tennisballs, split them on two persons. Surely they can't >have more than two tennisballs each. > Most people who aren't familiar with integer division expect 1/2 to yield 0.5, not 0. This confusion is what motivated the work outlined in the PEP. Further motivational details are available in the PEP.
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