Floor (Programming)

Floor is precisely a mathematical function which takes in a number and returns back the largest integer less than or equal to that number.

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The floor function is typically represented as ::\lfloor x \rfloor:: in mathematics, where ::x:: represents the number to be floored. For example, ::\lfloor 10.999 \rfloor:: evaluates to ::10::.

Discussed on

  1. JavaScript Numbers — Basics: Math.floor() and Math.ceil()
  2. Python Numbers — Rounding Numbers: floor() and ceil()
  3. PHP Numbers — Rounding Numbers: floor() and ceil()

External resources

  1. Floor and ceiling functions - Wikipedia
  2. Floor and Ceiling Functions - Math is Fun