In python 2 7 the operator works as a floor division for integer arguments.
Integer division floor python.
However the operator returns a float value if one of the arguments is a float this is similar to c.
Floor floor method in python returns floor of x i e the largest integer not greater than x.
Below are some example.
Python reference the right way docs floor division.
It is written as in python 3.
So 1 3 0 2 3 0 and 3 3 1.
The resultant value is a whole integer though the result s type is not necessarily int.
Integer division returns the floor of the division.
Also referred to as integer division.
2 5 5 0 2.
The resultant value is a whole integer though the result s type is not necessarily an integer.
5 0 2.
The floor division operator is an example of a binary operator as it takes two operands.
Division always returns a float.
To calculate the remainder you can use.
When dividing an integer by another integer in python 3 the division operation x y represents a true division uses truediv method and produces a floating point result.
Python number method floor returns floor of x the largest integer not greater than x.
Import math math floor x parameter.
Following is the syntax for floor method import math math floor x note this function is not accessible directly so we need to import math module and then we need to call this function using math static object.
Edit on github floor division.
In python the floor division operator consists of two forward slashes.
To do floor division and get an integer result discarding any fractional result you can use the operator.
Python knows a number of compound data types used to group together other values.
Floor division in python is used to return floor values for both integer and floating point arguments.
That is the values after the decimal point are discarded.
The dividend and the divisor.
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I hope this was helpful.