{"id":5400,"date":"2020-04-29T14:37:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2022-08-06T13:13:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T13:13:49","slug":"python-division-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/python\/examples\/python-division-operation","title":{"rendered":"How to Perform the Python Division Operation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey, folks! In this article, we will be focusing on an arithmetic operation – Python Division operation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting started with Python division operation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Python has got various in-built operators and functions to perform arithmetic manipulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The '\/' operator<\/code> is used to perform division operation on data values of both the data types i.e. ‘float<\/strong>‘ and ‘int<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beauty of Python ‘\/’ operator is that this operator can handle decimal as well as negative values, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\nnumber1 \/ number2\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
The operator operates on numeric values and returns a floating point value as a result. The result of the division operation is the Quotient <\/strong>of the operation performed, being represented as a floating point value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\na = input("Enter the value for a:")\nb = input("Enter the value of b:")\nres = int(a)\/int(b)\nprint(res)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nEnter the value for a:10\nEnter the value of b:2\n5.0\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Example 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\na = -10\nb = 20\nres = a\/b\nprint(res)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\n-0.5\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
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Python division operation on Tuple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Python floordiv() method<\/code> along with map() function<\/code> can be used to perform division operation on various data values stored in a Tuple <\/a>data structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Python floordiv() method<\/code> is used to perform division operation on all the elements present in the data structure i.e. it performs element wise division<\/strong> operation. Further, Python map() function<\/code> applies any passed\/given function or operation on a set of iterables such as tuples, list, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\ntuple(map(floordiv, tuple1, tuple2))\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
The floordiv() method<\/code> performs integer division i.e. divides the elements and returns only the integer portion of the quotient and skips the decimal portion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nfrom operator import floordiv \n\n \ninp_tup1 = (10,16,9,-4) \ninp_tup2 = (2,-8,4,4) \n\ntup_div = tuple(map(floordiv, inp_tup1, inp_tup2)) \n\n\nprint("Resultant tuple after performing division operation : " + str(tup_div)) \n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nResultant tuple after performing division operation : (5, -2, 2, -1)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
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Python division operation on Dict<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Python division operation can be performed on the elements present in the dictionary <\/a>using Counter() function along with ‘\/\/’ operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Counter() function<\/code> stores the dictionary key-value data as dict keys<\/strong> and stores the count of the dict elements as the associated values<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ‘\/\/’ operator performs integer level division on the data elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nCounter({key : dict1[key] \/\/ dict2[key] for key in dict1})\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nfrom collections import Counter\n\ninp_dict1 = {'Python': 100, 'Java': 40, 'C': 36}\ninp_dict2 = {'Python': 20, 'Java': -10, 'C': 8}\n\ninp_dict1 = Counter(inp_dict1) \ninp_dict2 = Counter(inp_dict2) \ndict_div = Counter({key : inp_dict1[key] \/\/ inp_dict2[key] for key in inp_dict1}) \n\nprint("Resultant dict after performing division operation : " + str(dict(dict_div))) \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
In the above example, we have stored the key-value pairs of the input dict in such a way using Counter() function that the input dict now contains the key as the dict elements and the value as the count of elements present in the dict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further, we have passed the keys to the ‘\/\/’ operator to perform the division operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nResultant dict after performing division operation : {'Python': 5, 'Java': -4, 'C': 4}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
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Difference between Python ‘\/’ and Python ‘\/\/’ division operators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The basic and probably the only difference between the ‘\/’ and ‘\/\/’ division operators is that the '\/' operator<\/code> returns float values as the result of division i.e. it returns the entire quotient( the integer as well as the decimal part). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, '\/\/' division operator<\/code> returns integer value as a result of division i.e. returns only the integer portion of the quotient value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\nprint(10\/3)\nprint(10\/\/3)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\n3.3333333333333335\n3\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Thus, in this article, we have understood the ways to perform division operation in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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