/ division¶

Description¶

Returns the quotient of two expressions.

Syntax¶

A / B

A: Any expression evaluating to a numeric type.
B: Any expression evaluating to a numeric type.

Return Value¶

According to coercion rules.

Time Complexity¶

#TODO

Remarks¶

For (plain or long) integer division, the result is an integer. The result is always rounded towards minus infinity: 1/2 is 0, (-1)/2 is -1, 1/(-2) is -1, and (-1)/(-2) is 0. Note that the result is a long integer if either operand is a long integer, regardless of the numeric value.

Example¶

>>> 2 / 1
2
>>> 2 / 1.0
2.0
>>> 2.0 / 1
2.0
>>> 2 / 0.7
2.857142857142857