what is floor division?

Answer 1

n//d = n/d rounded to the integer just below (floor) the result.
https://code.sololearn.com/cN4gPuhaXnbX/?ref=app

Answer 2

Steppenwolf
that is exactly what i mean by 'to the integer just below.'
(ex -5//3=-2 and -5//4=-2)
I probably shouldn't have used the word round.

Answer 3

Floor division means
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3 | 17 |5
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15
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2
17//3 here we using floor division in floor division we use // sign here answer of floor division is 5 and remainder is 2.

Answer 4

davy hermans
Oh, right. I haven't noticed that "below" 🙂 factually, "round" is a little bit misleading

Answer 5

davy hermans
That's not true. Floor division is a truncated result, not rounded.
6 // 3 = 2 --> 6 / 3 = 2.0000
7 // 3 = 2 --> 7 / 3 = 2.3333
8 // 3 = 2 --> 8 / 3 = 2.6667
9 // 3 = 3 --> 9 / 3 = 3.0000