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Author georg.brandl
Recipients Nitin.Kumar, georg.brandl
Date 2013-10-30.07:30:18
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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.

-7/2 is -3.5, the largest integer <= -3.5 is -4.
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