On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You mean (a + b) % c == (a%c + b%c) % c > > :)
It's just integer wraparound. Modulo 9 is the same as "render this number in base 9 and take the last digit" (and printing a number in base 9 would normally be done with mod 9 division), and most people can wrap their heads around the way an odometer wraps around. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list