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Can anybody explain me??? @_@

Why in Python -11//3 == -4 and why -11%3 == 1 While in C (for example) -11/3 == -3 (as expected) and -11%3 == -2

14th Mar 2019, 6:45 PM
Hugo H
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In C, -11%3 is not 2, but -2. a%b is defined as (a/b*b)+a%b = a. a/b = -3 (integer division) -3 * b = -9 -9 + a%b = -11 => a%b = -2
14th Mar 2019, 9:30 PM
Anna
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-11//3 finds the greatest multiple of 3 less than or equal to -11 (here that’s -12) and returns that number divided by 3, hence -4. Similar with -11%3 - it finds the greatest multiple of 3 less than or equal to -11 and returns the difference.
14th Mar 2019, 7:03 PM
Russ
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First case is floor division operator "//". The number is rounded down to the closest number to negative infinity => -4. For the second case you can read more here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10063546/modulo-for-negative-dividends-in-JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK
14th Mar 2019, 7:03 PM
TheWh¡teCat 🇧🇬
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Russ but why in others languages (like C) it is not so?
14th Mar 2019, 7:08 PM
Hugo H
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ivan That I can’t tell you. It’s just the way Python was designed.
14th Mar 2019, 8:21 PM
Russ
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