Feb 23, 2012 · import math math.floor(3.1415) The problem with the first approach is that it return a float (namely 3.0). The second approach feels clumsy and too long. Are there alternative solutions for …

5 Rounding down can be done in many ways, some methods are equivalent, e.g. built-in int, numpy.trunc and numpy.fix which truncate the number, meaning for a negative number they return a …

In Python 3.x, 5 / 2 will return 2.5 and 5 // 2 will return 2. The former is floating point division, and the latter is floor division, sometimes also called integer division. In Python 2.2 or later in the 2.x line, …

Dec 21, 2011 · The python functions are wrappers of the C function and so this is really a deficiency of the C functions where they should have returned an integer and forced the programer to do the …

May 5, 2017 · The // operator always rounds down, so x // 1 = floor (x). Therefore, the logic here to round the negated number down, then negate again, which results in rounding up the original number.

Sep 14, 2015 · Ceil and floor equivalent in Python 3 without Math module? Asked 10 years, 2 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago Viewed 73k times

I need to round down and it should be two decimal places. Tried the following, a = 28.266 print round(a, 2) 28.27 But the expected value is 28.26 only.

Sep 23, 2019 · The function np.round accepts a decimals parameter but it appears that the functions ceil and floor don't accept a number of decimals and always return a number with zero decimals.

Python floor division is defined as "that of mathematical division with the ‘floor’ function applied to the result" and ceiling division is the same thing but with ceil() instead of floor().

Dec 21, 2014 · I have a pandas series series. If I want to get the element-wise floor or ceiling, is there a built in method or do I have to write the function and use apply? I ask because the data is big so I