From: 7stud -- <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-22T16:53:47+09:00
Subject: Re: simple division: -9 / 5 = -2 what?

Derrick B. wrote in post #1089918:
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> -9 / 5
> => -2
> irb(main):002:0> -9.to_f / 5.to_f
> => -1.8
> irb(main):003:0> (-9.to_f / 5.to_f).to_i
> => -1
>
> If I want to assign the integer quotient of the above example, do I
> really need to go from float to integer?
>

No:

p -9.divmod 5

--output:--
[-2, 1]

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