Get quotient and remainder with divmod() in Python
In Python, you can easily compute the quotient using the //
operator and the remainder using the %
operator.
q = 10 // 3
mod = 10 % 3
print(q, mod)
# 3 1
source: divmod-test.py
If you need both the quotient and remainder, the built-in function divmod()
is a convenient option.
divmod(a, b)
returns a tuple containing the quotient and remainder as (a // b, a % b)
.
You can unpack the tuple and assign the values to individual variables.
q, mod = divmod(10, 3)
print(q, mod)
# 3 1
source: divmod-test.py
Alternatively, you can choose to work with the returned tuple directly.
answer = divmod(10, 3)
print(answer)
print(answer[0], answer[1])
# (3, 1)
# 3 1
source: divmod-test.py