MRAB wrote: >> if ( x % 4 ) == 0: >> whatever # x is divisible by 4 >> >> modulus is your friend :) >> >> -smithj > > <pendantic> > It's "modulo"; "modulus" is a different operation. > </pedantic> >
Wikipedia says "modulus may refer to... %, the modulo operator of various programming languages" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulus That being said, you may be right and it may just be a common mistake. -smithj -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
