John Salerno wrote: > Hi all. I'm just starting out with Python, so I'm a little slow right > now. :) > > Can someone explain to me why the expression 5 / -2 evaluates to -3, > especially considering that -2 * -3 evaluates to 6? > > I'm sure it has something to do with the negative number and the current > way that the / operator is implemented, but why doesn't it evaluate to > -2 instead?
Thanks for the help guys! It's clearer to me now, and I think I was just conceptualizing it the wrong way in the first place. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
