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What is the difference between floor division operator and normal division operator?

27th Nov 2017, 1:40 AM
tom jerry
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normal division 5/2 =>2.5 floor division 5//2=>2
27th Nov 2017, 2:01 AM
Seetha
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Normal division is basically... normal division. For example: print (31/4) #7.75 But floor division rounds down the answer to the nearest integer. For example, print(31//4) #7 (you throw away everything after the decimal point). Hope this helped. 😉
27th Nov 2017, 2:19 AM
blackcat1111
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Also, always gives a float for normal division. For example: 10/2 => 5.0 10//2 => 5
27th Nov 2017, 8:09 AM
Max S