What is floor division in Python?

Answer 1

Floor division is division where the answer is rounded down. For example, 5/2 in floor division is not 2.5, but 2. In Python 2, floor division is the default. In Python 3, the floor division operator is //.

Python 2:

>>> 5/2

2

>>> 5.0/2

2.5

Python 3:

>>> 5/2

2.5

>>> 5//2

2