[Tutor] The % operator

[Bernard Lebel]

Thanks Bill.

I meant the % operator at large. When I say that I couldn't retrieve it I
meant I couldn't retrieve its description in the documentation (wich is the
case for at 50% of the things I search!).


Bernard

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Rance" <rantek at pacific.net.sg>
To: "Bernard Lebel" <atyss4si at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] The % operator


> I assume you mean the %(modulo) operator.
> e.g. if a%b == 0, a is divisible by b.e.g 15%2 == 1; 25%23 == 2; that is
it
> gives you the remainder.
> It is not clear why you cannot retrieve it. Best way is provide your code
> and we can see what is going on.
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard Lebel" <atyss4si at hotmail.com>
> To: <tutor at python.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:46 AM
> Subject: [Tutor] The % operator
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been reading many examples where the % operator is used, and I
know
> I
> > have read in the docs its meaning. However I can't seem to be able to
> > retrieve it, and a search doesn't return interesting results.
> > So I'm turning to you, honorable people: could someone be kind to
explain
> to
> > me what is doing the % operator, how it works, or at least point me to
the
> > appropriate page in the Python documentation?
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> > Bernard
> >
> >
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