Merge pull request #709 from NadOby/master

example of negative integer division

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index 73963a3c..9057dde2 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ to Python 2.x. Look for another tour of Python 3 soon!
 2.0     # This is a float
 11.0 / 4.0  # => 2.75 ahhh...much better
 
-# Truncation or Integer division 
+# Result of integer division truncated down both for positive and negative. 
 5 // 3     # => 1
 5.0 // 3.0 # => 1.0 # works on floats too
+-5 // 3  # => -2
+-5.0 // 3.0 # => -2.0
 
 # Modulo operation
 7 % 3 # => 1
diff --git a/python3.html.markdown b/python3.html.markdown
index 08eeb86b..b494dc1e 100644
--- a/python3.html.markdown
+++ b/python3.html.markdown
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ Note: This article applies to Python 3 specifically. Check out the other tutoria
 # Except division which returns floats by default
 35 / 5  # => 7.0
 
-# Truncation or Integer division 
+# Result of integer division truncated down both for positive and negative. 
 5 // 3     # => 1
-5.0 // 3.0 # => 1.0
+5.0 // 3.0 # => 1.0 # works on floats too
+-5 // 3  # => -2
+-5.0 // 3.0 # => -2.0
 
 # When you use a float, results are floats
 3 * 2.0 # => 6.0
@@ -51,7 +53,6 @@ Note: This article applies to Python 3 specifically. Check out the other tutoria
 # Enforce precedence with parentheses
 (1 + 3) * 2  # => 8
 
-
 # Boolean values are primitives
 True
 False
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ False
 not True  # => False
 not False  # => True
 
-
 # Equality is ==
 1 == 1  # => True
 2 == 1  # => False
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ not False  # => True
 1 < 2 < 3  # => True
 2 < 3 < 2  # => False
 
-
 # Strings are created with " or '
 "This is a string."
 'This is also a string.'