Difference between ‘/’ and ‘//’ in Python Division

The below table shows the differences with proper examples

Feature	Division Operator (/)	Floor Divsion Operator (//)
Return Type	Floating-point. Returns in integer only if the result is an integer	Integer
Fractional Part	Returns the fractional part	Truncates the fractional part
Examples	10 / 3 = 3.333333… 10 / 5 = 2.0 5 / 2 = 2.5 -17 / 5 = -3.4 -17 / -5 = 3.4	10 // 3 = 3 10 // 5 = 2 5 // 2 = 2 -17 // 5 = -4 -17 // -5 = 3

Difference between / vs. // operator in Python

In this article, we will see the difference between the / vs // operator in Python