Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am sure this is a basic math issue, but is there a better way to > > ensure an int variable is divisible by 4 than by doing the following; > > > > x = 111 > > x = (x /4) * 4 > > You should use // for future compatibility which is guaranteed to be > an integer division whereas / isn't (see "from __future__ import > division") > > Eg > > (x // 4) * 4 > > For the particular case of 4 being 2**2, you might consider > > x & ~0x3 > > which is a common idiom. >
Thanks for the tip about integer division and I will experiment with your other suggestion. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
