Integers

Integers are whole numbers that do not have any decimal places. There is a special consequence to the use of integers in mathematical operations: if integers are used for division, an integer result will be returned. Check out the following code snippet to see an example of this:

>>> 5/2
2

Instead of an accurate result of 2.5, Python will return the "floor", or the lowest whole integer for any integer division calculation. This can obviously be problematic, and can cause small bugs in scripts, which can have major consequences. Please be aware of this issue when writing scripts.