On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> On 24/01/2015 06:35, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> Obviously I'm not a fanatic. If I'm working out my share of a $37 meal >>> split three ways, I just do 37/3 the same as anyone else :-) >>> >> >> Always rounding down I take it? :) > > I'm hurt. I have a maths degree, I know how to do division: > > _____ > 3| 37 > > > 3 goes into 3 once, and 3 goes into 7 twice with one remainder. So the > answer is 12 and 1/3.
I'm not sure whereabouts you are, but I don't have a $1/3 coin in my pocket most of the time. Mark probably doesn't have many £1/3 coins either. So... rounding up or down? :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
