Python: divmod() function
divmod() function
The divmod() function takes two non complex numbers as arguments and return a pair of numbers consisting of their quotient and remainder when using integer division. With mixed operand types, the rules for binary arithmetic operators apply.
Version:
(Python 3)
Syntax:
divmod(x, y)
Parameter:
Name | Description | Required / Optional |
---|---|---|
x (numerator) | A Number, a non-complex number | Required |
y (denominator) | A Number, a non-complex number | Required |
Note: For integers, the result is the same as (a // b, a % b).
For floating point numbers the result is (q, a % b), where q is usually math.floor(a / b) but may be 1 less than that. In any case q * b + a % b is very close to a, if a % b is non-zero it has the same sign as b, and 0 <= abs(a % b) < abs(b).
Example: Python divmod() function
print('divmod(9, 2) = ', divmod(9, 2))
print('divmod(2, 9) = ', divmod(2, 9))
print('divmod(6, 6) = ', divmod(6, 6))
# divmod() with Floats
print('divmod(9.0, 2) = ', divmod(9.0, 2))
print('divmod(2, 9.0) = ', divmod(2, 9.0))
print('divmod(6.5, 2.5) = ', divmod(6.5, 2.5))
print('divmod(2.5, 0.5) = ', divmod(2.5, 0.5))
Output:
divmod(9, 2) = (4, 1) divmod(2, 9) = (0, 2) divmod(6, 6) = (1, 0) divmod(9.0, 2) = (4.0, 1.0) divmod(2, 9.0) = (0.0, 2.0) divmod(6.5, 2.5) = (2.0, 1.5) divmod(2.5, 0.5) = (5.0, 0.0)
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