Time for action – dividing arrays
Let's see the array division in action:
- The
divide()
function does truncated integer division and normal floating-point division:a = np.array([2, 6, 5]) b = np.array([1, 2, 3]) print("Divide", np.divide(a, b), np.divide(b, a))
The result of the
divide()
function is shown as follows:Divide [2 3 1] [0 0 0]
As you can see, truncation took place.
- The
true_divide()
function comes closer to the mathematical definition of division. Integer division returns a floating-point result and no truncation occurs:print("True Divide", np.true_divide(a, b), np.true_divide(b, a))
The result of the
true_divide()
function is as follows:True Divide [ 2. 3. 1.66666667] [ 0.5 0.33333333 0.6 ]
- The
floor_divide()
function always returns an integer result. It is equivalent to calling thefloor()
function after calling thedivide()
function. Thefloor()
function discards the decimal part of a floating-point number and returns...