Divide Two Integers

class Solution:
    # @return an integer
    def divide(self, dividend, divisor):
        flag = False
        if (dividend < 0 and divisor > 0 ) or (dividend > 0 and divisor < 0 ) :
            flag = True
            if abs(dividend) < abs(divisor) :
                return 0 
            
        # for simplicity, record +/-, use a and b instead
        a = abs(dividend)
        b = abs(divisor)
        res = 0
        count = 0 
        
        while a >= b :
            sum = b
            count = 1 
            while sum + sum <= a :
                sum +=sum
                count+= count 
            a -= sum
            res += count
        if flag :
            res = -res 
        return res