Am 20.09.2010 16:12, schrieb bb:
JavaScript-C 1.8.0 pre-release 1 2009-02-16 : -7%-9 = -7, 9%-7 = 2, 7%-9
= 7
Ch Standard edition, version 6.3.0.14091: -7%-9 = -7, 9%-7 = 2, 7%-9 = 7
java version "1.6.0_0" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_0-b11):
-7%-9 = -7, 9%-7 = 2, 7%-9 = 7
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2010, 14:53:14) [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2 :
-7%-9 = -2, 9%-7 = -5, 7%-9 = -2
Lua 5.1.3 : -7%-9 = -2, 9%-7 = -5, 7%-9 = -2
[...]
May be a Lua-code for a function for a c-like handling of the %-operator
might be useful? So the user might have "religious freedom".
That's what math.fmod is for:
Lua 5.1.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
= -7%-9, 9%-7, 7%-9
-7 -5 -2
= math.fmod(-7,-9), math.fmod(9,-7), math.fmod(7,-9)
-7 2 7
Regards BB
Philipp
