[seqfan] Re: Function name for truncate-towards-zero integer divide?

Charles Greathouse charles.greathouse at case.edu
Thu Mar 17 15:22:01 CET 2011


I always refer to the operation as integer division.  PARI refers to \
as Euclidean division, but that rounds toward -infinity.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Ron Hardin <rhhardin at att.net> wrote:
> What's the preferred name for the standard computer integer divide?  (that
> truncates towards zero)
>
> integerpart() ?
>
>
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> rhhardin at att.net (either)
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