Basic python arithmetic - division

Question

I have two variables : count, which is a number of my filtered objects, and constant value per_page. I want to divide count by per_page and get integer value but I no matter

Answer 1

Integer division is the default of the / operator in Python < 3.0. This has behaviour that seems a little weird. It returns the dividend without a remainder.

>>> 10 / 3
3

If you're running Python 2.6+, try:

from __future__ import division

>>> 10 / 3
3.3333333333333335

If you're running a lower version of Python than this, you will need to convert at least one of the numerator or denominator to a float:

>>> 10 / float(3)
3.3333333333333335

Also, math.ceil always returns a float...

>>> import math 
>>> help(math.ceil)

ceil(...)
    ceil(x)

    Return the ceiling of x as a float.
    This is the smallest integral value >= x.