python integer division:-What is the difference between '/' and '//' when used for division?

Question

Is there a benefit to using one over the other? In Python 2, they both seem to return the same results:

>>> 6/3 

2 

>>> 6//3 

2

Answer 1

If you are using Python 3.0 then, 5 / 2 will return 2.5 and 5 // 2 will return 2. The former is floating-point division, and the latter is floor division, sometimes also called integer division.

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