{"id":11467,"date":"2024-03-14T14:09:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-floor-function-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:16:18","slug":"how-to-use-the-floor-function-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-floor-function-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Python floor() Function: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The floor function in Python is used to return the largest integer value that is not greater than the input parameter, also known as rounding down.<\/p>\n<p>To use the floor function, first import the math module, then call the math.floor() function, passing the number to be rounded down as a parameter to the function.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> math\r\n\r\nx = <span class=\"hljs-number\">3.5<\/span>\r\nresult = math.floor(x)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(result)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51fa\u4e3a3<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we imported the math module and passed 3.5 as a parameter to the math.floor() function, which returns the largest integer value that is not greater than 3.5, which is 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The floor function in Python is used to return the largest integer value that is not greater than the input parameter, also known as rounding down. 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