Thanks, Danny
Got it.
Ken
In , on
11/20/15
at 01:39 PM, Danny Yoo said:
>>>On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Ken Hammer wrote:
>>
y = 49%13
print y
10
>>
>>>Actually, let me pretend for a moment that I don't know what the modulus
>>>operator is. Why do we get 10 here?
>>On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Ken Hammer wrote:
>
>>> y = 49%13
>>> print y
>>> 10
>
>>Actually, let me pretend for a moment that I don't know what the modulus
>>operator is. Why do we get 10 here? Can you verbalize the reason?
>
> 49 contains 13 3 times and leaves 10 to be divided.
>
>
>>C
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Ken Hammer wrote:
> y = 49%13
> print y
> 10
Actually, let me pretend for a moment that I don't know what the
modulus operator is. Why do we get 10 here? Can you verbalize the
reason?
Can you modify this example above to use the modulus operator with
"10" on
On 19/11/15 21:11, Ken Hammer wrote:
...The 2nd below mystifies me. How do I use "x % 10" and "x % 100"
...
Also, you can extract the right-most digit or digits from a number.
> For example, x % 10 yields the right-most digit of x (in base 10).
I understand these:
x = 49/13
print x
3
>
>
A text for Python 2.7 includes these two paragraphs. The first I understand.
The 2nd below mystifies me. How do I use "x % 10" and "x % 100" in the
context of the examples I've created following the paragraphs?
"The modulus operator turns out to be surprisingly useful. For example, you can
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Wayne Werner wrote:
>
>> It was explained to me once that in
>
> this case:
>>
>> "%s" % 42
>>
>> That since python expects to see a single-element tuple it treats it as or
>> converts 42 to a single element tuple.
>>
>
> "Treats as" may
Wayne Werner wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Wayne Werner wrote:
In old style formatting, you use a string with format specifiers (%s, %d,
etc.) followed by a tuple of arguments. Here, the lengths have to match
exactly - if you have one specifier then you must
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Wayne Werner wrote:
>
>
>> In old style formatting, you use a string with format specifiers (%s, %d,
>> etc.) followed by a tuple of arguments. Here, the lengths have to match
>> exactly - if you have one specifier then you must have a 1-
really appreciate that answer thanks very much..
Adrian Kelly
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From: waynejwer...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:59:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [Tutor] modulus
To: kellyadr...@hotmail.com
CC: tutor@python.org
On
Wayne Werner wrote:
In this case it's not actually modulus, it's just the syntax for string
formatting. I'm not sure *what* the reasoning behind the % was, but that's
the way it is.
I believe the designers of the C programming language are to blame.
[...]
In old style formatting, you use a s
ADRIAN KELLY wrote:
Please can anyone tell me how i can print this without all the brackets and commas, i know i need the modulus symbol but i dont know how it works.
any advice would be appreciated
regards
adrian
def arguments():
name=raw_input ("Please enter your firstname: ")
su
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM, ADRIAN KELLY wrote:
> Please can anyone tell me how i can print this without all the brackets
> and commas, i know i need the modulus symbol but i dont know how it works.
> any advice would be appreciated
>
> regards
> adrian
>
> def arguments():
> name=raw_in
Please can anyone tell me how i can print this without all the brackets and
commas, i know i need the modulus symbol but i dont know how it works.
any advice would be appreciated
regards
adrian
def arguments():
name=raw_input ("Please enter your firstname: ")
surname=raw_input ("Ent
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