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Been looking through other answers and I still don't understand the modulo for negative numbers in python For example the answer by df x == (x/y)*y + (x%y) so it makes sense that (-2)%5 = -2 - (-2/5)*5 = 3 Doesn't this (-2 - (-2/5)*5) =0 or am I just crazy? Modulus operation with negatives values - weird thing? Same with this negative numbers modulo in python Where did he get -2 from? Lastly if the sign is dependent on the dividend why don't negative dividends have the same output as their positive counterparts? For instance the output of print([8%5,-8%5,4%5,-4%5]) is [3, 2, 4, 1]
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