Brian campbell nov 15 14 at 22 02.
Percent sign floor division python.
The syntax is the same as for other operators.
Floor division the division of operands where the result is the quotient in which the digits after the decimal point are removed.
Below are some example.
That is the values after the decimal point are discarded.
Percentage 5 20 my version gives you 1 0 as 5 of 20 is 1 while percent 5 20 your version gives you 0 0 which is incorrect as you use floor division.
In python the modulus operator is a percent sign.
Floor division in python is used to return floor values for both integer and floating point arguments.
But if one of the operands is negative the result is floored i e rounded away from zero towards negative infinity 9 2 4 and 9 0 2 0 4 0 11 3 4 11 0 3 4 0.
However the operator returns a float value if one of the arguments is a float this is similar to c.
Floor division in python figure 1.
The floor division operator is an example of a binary operator as it takes two operands.
It s used to get the remainder of a division problem.
2 0 5 2.
In python 2 7 the operator works as a floor division for integer arguments.
5 0 2.
First output is fine but the second one may be surprising if we are coming java c world.
Also referred to as integer division.
2 5 5 0 2.
The syntax is the same as for other operators.
The symbol in python is called the modulo operator.
With floor division one number the dividend is divided by another number.
The resultant value is a whole integer though the result s type is not necessarily an integer.
It is written as in python 3.
In python the floor division operator consists of two forward slashes.
I hope this was helpful.
Integer division returns the floor of the division.
Integer values are precisely stored so they are safe to use in comparisons.
In python 2 the operator is not.
Carlsmith if you notice there are functional differences between our two answers which you can see if you try them both out.
The dividend and the divisor.
The resultant value is a whole integer though the result s type is not necessarily int.
