On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Noah Hall <enali...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:24 PM, emin <oldcowboyro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> answers = ["yes","no"] >> reaction = ["OK.I GOT IT.But why symbol of percent % not symbol of division >> / ?","PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE"] >> >> print "1st SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH & DISTURBING:((i am beginner)" >> print "So you want to say it doesnt mean 2 percent of x and it means x >> divisible by 2?" >> print "Yes" >> print "or" >> print "No" >> answerChoise = raw_input("Type here: ") >> >> if answerChoise == "yes" or answerChoise == "Yes": >> print reaction[0] >> >> elif answerChoise == "no" or answerChoise == "No": >> print reaction[1] > > Urm, yeah, while this is cute and all, it's not a great way of asking > a question. > > I'm not totally sure what you mean, so I'm just going to say - > > a / b is the division operator. It divides things. It returns a divided by b. > a % b is the remainder operator. It returns what's "left" after dividing a by > b. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
-- The / operator signifies division. The % signifies modulo. see this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation and see this: http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#index-998 Joel Goldstick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor