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Vocabulary - Floor

Rounding down

The floor function ⌊x⌋\lfloor x \rfloor rounds xx down to the nearest integer. For example, ⌊7.9⌋=7\lfloor 7.9 \rfloor = 7 and ⌊−2.3⌋=−3\lfloor -2.3 \rfloor = -3 (down means toward negative infinity).

Integer division is floor division for positive numbers. When you compute ⌊7/3⌋\lfloor 7 / 3 \rfloor, you get 22, the same as integer division.

Watch out for negative numbers. ⌊−7/3⌋=⌊−2.333...⌋=−3\lfloor -7 / 3 \rfloor = \lfloor -2.333... \rfloor = -3, not −2-2. Different languages handle this differently, so check the documentation.