[Solved] Python – Division by zero

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There are 3 ways to do this, the normal way I do it is like this. Note this will also output 5 if n is negative. I typically use this when averaging collections that might be empty, since negative lengths are impossible.

result = 5/max(1, n)

Will output 5 if n is 0 or negative. Very compact and useful in big equations.

Other way with if:

if n!=0:
    result = 5/n
else:
    result = 5

Or with try:

try:
    result = 5/n
except ZeroDivisionError:
    result = 5

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solved Python – Division by zero