[issue19446] Integer division for negative numbers

[Nitin Kumar]

New submission from Nitin Kumar:

Mathematically python is not giving correct output for integer division for 
negative number, e.g. :  -7//2= -3 but python is giving output -4.

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files: Integer_division.py
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nosy: Nitin.Kumar
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severity: normal
status: open
title: Integer division for negative numbers
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.3
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32420/Integer_division.py

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[issue19446] Integer division for negative numbers

[Nitin Kumar]

Changes by Nitin Kumar :


Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file32420/Integer_division.py

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[issue19446] Integer division for negative numbers

[Nitin Kumar]

Changes by Nitin Kumar :


Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32421/Integer_division.py

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[issue19446] Integer division for negative numbers

[Nitin Kumar]

Nitin Kumar added the comment:

Hi  Georg,

Is there any operator for integer division in python?

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:

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> Georg Brandl added the comment:
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> Hi Nitin,
>
> "a // b" is defined as the floor division operation, same as what
> "math.floor(a / b)" gives: the largest integer <= a / b.
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> -7/2 is -3.5, the largest integer <= -3.5 is -4.
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> resolution:  -> invalid
> status: open -> closed
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