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What is the purpose of the `//` operator in python?
In Python, // is defined as floor division operator. It returns integer part of a floating point result of division. For example 10//3 returns 3
>>> 10//3 3 >>> 125.5//2.5 50.0 >>> 12.5//1.5 8.0
However in case of negative division, returned value is rounded towards negative infinity.
>>> -10//3 -4 >>> -73//9 -9
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