For integers, the previously discussed operations +, -, * and are defined **. The division operationfor integers returns a value of type float. Also, the exponentiation function returns a value of type float if the exponent is a negative number.

But there is also a special operation of integer division, performed by discarding the fractional part, which is denoted by //. It returns an integer: the integer part of the quotient. For example:

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>>> 17 // 3

5

>>> -17 // 3

-6

Another operation close to it: this is the operation of taking the remainder of division, denoted by %:

>>> 17 % 3

2

>>> -17 % 3

1