negative numbers and integer division
mensanator
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Fri Oct 3 17:53:44 EDT 2003
"Matthew Wilson" <mwilson at sarcastic-horse.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1065206646.19185.python-list at python.org>...
> Hi-
>
> I just discovered this:
>
> >>> -1 // 12
> -1
> >>> 1 // 12
> 0
> >>>
>
> I thought that -1 // 12 would be 0 also. I'm writing a simple monthly
> date class and i need (-1,2001) to be translated to (11,2000). Any ideas?
>>> -1 % 12
11
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