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Floor division return value
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Since Python 3 the // is the integer division. It returns a number without remainder.
Depending on the datatype the result could be an int or float.

In [1]: 5 // 2
Out[1]: 2

In [2]: 5 // 2.0
Out[2]: 2.0

In [3]: 5.0 // 2
Out[3]: 2.0

In [4]: 5.0 / 2
Out[4]: 2.5

In [5]: 5 / 2.0
Out[5]: 2.5

In [6]: 5 / 2
Out[6]: 2.5

In [7]: 2 // 1
Out[7]: 2
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Floor division return value - by Chirumer - Nov-26-2020, 09:04 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by Axel_Erfurt - Nov-26-2020, 09:28 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by perfringo - Nov-26-2020, 09:29 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by Chirumer - Nov-26-2020, 10:12 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by perfringo - Nov-26-2020, 12:03 PM
RE: Floor division return value - by buran - Nov-26-2020, 09:33 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by DeaD_EyE - Nov-26-2020, 09:50 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by Chirumer - Nov-26-2020, 10:05 AM
RE: Floor division return value - by DeaD_EyE - Nov-26-2020, 02:34 PM

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