Using arithmetic equations in Python
<p>is there a way to round the value down to the lowest integer for this?</p>

<pre><code>x = 5.5
z = 1

x -= z
</code></pre>

<p>x is just 4.5 in this case</p>

<p>but I want something like this</p>

<pre><code>x = int(x - z)
</code></pre>

<p>which produces x as 4 but i would like to use the '-='</p>

<p>is there a way?</p>

<p>No unfortunately there isn't a way to do exactly what you described. Your best option would be to do <code>x=int(x-z)</code> or if you want to round up in the case that <code>x=4.5</code> and preserve the <code>float</code> type, <code>x=round(x-z)</code>. </p>

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