In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul McGuire
wrote:
> On Jan 31, 11:36 pm, "Paddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Feb 1, 2:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > How to divide a number by 7 efficiently without using - or / operator.
>> > We can use the bit operators. I was thinking about bit shift operator
>> > but I don't know the correct answer.
>> >>> int.__div__(14,2)
>> 7
>>
>> Not a minus or division operator in sight ;-)
>>
>> - Paddy.
>
> Now I'm confused - was the OP trying to divide by 7 or 2?
I read it as divide by 7. And the `int.__div__()` Method limits this
somehow -- a more polymorphic approach would be::
import operator
operator.div(14, 7)
:-)
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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