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Created on 2014年09月04日 21:40 by DenisCrnic, last changed 2022年04月11日 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| Screenshot_1.png | DenisCrnic, 2014年09月04日 21:40 | I'm attaching file in which it shows how modulus should work. that's how it works in Java. | ||
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| msg226381 - (view) | Author: (DenisCrnic) | Date: 2014年09月04日 21:40 | |
Modulus is returning wrong remainder when working with negative numbers. For example 34%-3 should return 1, but it returns -2. 34/-3=-11, remainder: 1, proof: -11*(-3)+1=34 <--- Math logic (works in Java for example) but python goes like that: 34/-3=12, remainder: -2. proof: -12*(-3)+(-2)=34 <--- Python logic (works) I know that python is looking for the int which is the closest to the a (a%b), and is divisible with it, but in this case that's not right. it should seek for the closest integer, which is lower than a, in this case 33 If explanation is not clear enough, reply me, i'll take more time to make it clear. maybe my theory is wrong, and python syntax works better than in Java. |
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| msg226383 - (view) | Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) | Date: 2014年09月04日 22:01 | |
This is, indeed, the way Python works. See https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html where you will find: The modulo operator always yields a result with the same sign as its second operand (or zero); the absolute value of the result is strictly smaller than the absolute value of the second operand |
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| 2022年04月11日 14:58:07 | admin | set | github: 66533 |
| 2014年09月04日 22:01:31 | r.david.murray | set | status: open -> closed nosy: + r.david.murray messages: + msg226383 resolution: not a bug stage: resolved |
| 2014年09月04日 21:40:20 | DenisCrnic | create | |