Python floor() function

Python Numbers

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Description

floor() returns the floor integer of the number.

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Syntax

The following is the syntax for the floor() method:

import math

math.floor( x )

Note:floor() cannot be accessed directly; you need to import the math module and call the method via a static object.

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Parameters

• x -- a numeric expression.

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Return Value

Returns the floor integer of the number.

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Example

The following shows an example of using the floor() method:

#!/usr/bin/python
import math   # This will import math module

print "math.floor(-45.17) : ", math.floor(-45.17)
print "math.floor(100.12) : ", math.floor(100.12)
print "math.floor(100.72) : ", math.floor(100.72)
print "math.floor(119L) : ", math.floor(119L)
print "math.floor(math.pi) : ", math.floor(math.pi)

After running the above example, the output result is:

math.floor(-45.17) :  -46.0
math.floor(100.12) :  100.0
math.floor(100.72) :  100.0
math.floor(119L) :  119.0
math.floor(math.pi) :  3.0

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