The difference between / and // in Python

The difference between / and // in Python

In Python, "/" represents floating point division and returns a floating point result, that is The result is a floating point number, and "//" means integer division in Python, returning the largest integer that is not greater than the result, which means that the division result is rounded down.

Code

print("6 // 4 = " + str(6 // 4))
print("6 / 4 =" + str(6 / 4))

Result

6 // 4 = 1
6 / 4 =1.5

Python arithmetic operators

Operator	Description	Instance
	Add-Add two objects	a b Output result 30
-	Subtract-Get a negative number or subtract one number from another Number	a - b Output result -10
*	Multiply - Multiply two numbers or return a character that is repeated several times String	a * b Output result 200
/	division - x divided by y	b / a Output result 2
%	Modulo - Returns the remainder of division	b % a Output result 0
**	Power - Returns the y power of x	a**b is 10 raised to the 20th power, and the output result is 100000000000000000000
//	Take integer division - Return the integer part of the quotient (Round down)	>>> 9//24>>> -9//2-5

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