[Tutor] Basic terminology

[Bernard Lebel]

Well, thanks everyone who answered, much clearer now.

Bernard



Max Noel wrote:
>     In a slightly more generic fashion (everybody started dropping 
> examples), the goal of an integer (euclidian) division (say, a / b) is 
> to express an integer as such:
> 
> a = b * quotient + remainder
> 
>     Where all the numbers used are integers, and 0 <= remainder < b.
> 
>     When you perform integer division in Python, a / b (a // b in 2.4+) 
> gives you the quotient, and a % b gives you the remainder.
> 
>     See the other posts for examples of use :p
> 
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