Integer math question

[Derek Ledbetter]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 8:32:07 -0800, Frank wrote
(in message <3987e01c.0401030832.114c6f2a at posting.google.com>):

> In C++
> 
> i = 5 / 10 	and
> i = -5 / 10 	both have the same result 0.

Actually this is implementation defined in C89 and standard C++.  Either
-5/10 == 0 and -5%10 == -5, as in your implementation, or -5/10 == -1
and -5%10 == 5, like Python.  In C99, and possibly a future version of
C++, it's always done the first way (rounding towards zero).

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