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Python floor () function

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description

floor () Returns the rounded integer.


grammar

The following is the syntax floor () method:

import math

math.floor( x )

NOTE: floor () is not directly accessible, we need to import math module, invoke the method through static object.


parameter

  • x - numeric expression.

return value

Returns the rounded down integer.

Examples

The following shows an example of using floor () method:

#!/usr/bin/python
import math   # This will import math module

print "math.floor(-45.17) : ", math.floor(-45.17)
print "math.floor(100.12) : ", math.floor(100.12)
print "math.floor(100.72) : ", math.floor(100.72)
print "math.floor(119L) : ", math.floor(119L)
print "math.floor(math.pi) : ", math.floor(math.pi)

After running the above example output is:

math.floor(-45.17) :  -46.0
math.floor(100.12) :  100.0
math.floor(100.72) :  100.0
math.floor(119L) :  119.0
math.floor(math.pi) :  3.0

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