On Mar 8, 8:48 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:09:11 -0800, Mark Dickinson wrote: > > I prefer: > > > ceiling(a/b) = -(-a)//b > > Unfortunately it doesn't give the right answer. > > >>> a, b = 101.0, 10.0 > >>> -(-a)//b # should be 11.0 > 10.0 > >>> a, b = -101.0, 10.0 > >>> -(-a)//b # should be -10.0 > > -11.0 > > Looks like you've confused ceiling() and floor().
Whoops, you're right. No, I didn't confuse ceiling and floor; I misplaced the parentheses. I meant to type: ceiling(a/b) = -(-a//b) Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
