<p>Is there a benefit to using one over the other? In Python 2, they both seem to return the same results:</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; 6/3
2
&gt;&gt;&gt; 6//3
2
</code></pre>

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is floor division. It will always give you the integer floor of the result.  The other is 'regular' division.