Well, thanks everyone who answered, much clearer now.
Bernard
Max Noel wrote:
In a slightly more generic fashion (everybody started dropping examples), the goal of an integer (euclidian) division (say, a / b) is to express an integer as such:
a = b * quotient + remainder
Where all the numbers used are integers, and 0 <= remainder < b.
When you perform integer division in Python, a / b (a // b in 2.4+) gives you the quotient, and a % b gives you the remainder.
See the other posts for examples of use :p
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