On 1/10/2012 1:47 PM, Noah Hall wrote:
a % b is the remainder operator. It returns what's "left" after dividing a by b.
Not to beat a dead horse- but % is the modulo operator.
It returns the residue class of the 2 operands. When a is positive this is the same as remainder, but not so for negative a.
>>> 5%3 2 >>> -5%3 1 >>> FWIW the Python documentation (at least as of 2.7.2 has this wrong!) -- Bob Gailer 919-636-4239 Chapel Hill NC _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
