Python – Consecutive Division in List

When it is required to find the consecutive division in a list, a method is defined that iterates over the elements of the list and uses the ‘/’ operator to determine the result.

Below is a demonstration of the same −

Example

 Live Demo

def consec_division(my_list):

   my_result = my_list[0]
   for idx in range(1, len(my_list)):

      my_result /= my_list[idx]
   return my_result

my_list = [2200, 500, 100, 50, 20, 5]

print("The list is :")
print(my_list)

my_result = consec_division(my_list)

print("The result is :")
print(my_result)

Output

The list is :
[2200, 500, 100, 50, 20, 5]
The result is :
8.8e-06

Explanation

• A method named ‘consec_division’ is defined that takes a list as a parameter.

• It assigns the zeroth index to a variable.

• The list is iterated over, and the ‘/’ operator is used to divide every element by the first element.

• This is returned as result.

• Outside the method, a list is defined and is displayed on the console.

• The method is called by passing the list.

• This is assigned to a variable.

• It is displayed as output on the console.