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Getting the quotient and remainder at once in Python
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- hwahyeon
To print the quotient and remainder of dividing a by b, separated by a space, you can write the code as follows:
a = 5
b = 3
print((a // b), (a % b))
- Output: 1 2
You can write this code in a more Pythonic way as shown below:
a = 5
b = 3
print(*divmod(a, b))
- Output: 1 2
For small numbers, the slight efficiency gain from using divmod does not provide a noticeable advantage. However, for large numbers, divmod is more efficient as it calculates both the quotient and remainder in a single step, which is faster than performing a // b and a % b separately.