Arithmetic Operators
+ - * / // % ** — including true division, floor division, modulo and power.
Beginner
7 / 2 # 3.5 true division always gives a float
7 // 2 # 3 floor division
-7 // 2 # -4 floors toward minus infinity!
7 % 3 # 1 remainder (sign follows the divisor in Python)
2 ** 10 # 1024
divmod(17, 5) # (3, 2)
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