floor() function definition

[Remco Gerlich]

Dev_NuLL <dev_null at email.com> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> >Try it and see!
> 
> Seems to strip everythin off the right of the decimal point in a
> positive number.
> 
> After looking at the negative numbers it gives the closet integer less
> than x.

Or equal. Highest integer that isn't bigger.

> Thanks to you and the others who ANSWERED the question, and 'up your
> ass' to the jerk off who's answer was 'go take a course in math'. The
> answer cannot even be found on 'Ask Dr. Math's' site because this is a
> programer's function, not a common math function because it cannot be
> explained by a simple formula.

Please restrain yourself, this is comp.lang.python.  Even if his post was a
bit uncalled for, flames don't belong here.

-- 
Remco Gerlich