Basic - Division: /

Division is a matematical operation, it can be used for integers and real numbers.

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Description

par1 / par2

Used keywords: /

Input

par1 - Any number
par2 - Any number

Output

Result - Real numbers Result of the division is always a real number.

Note: If we want a integer as a result, so let's use the integer division operation or by using some rounding function we can convert the result to an integer.

Compatible programing languages:
FreeBASIC | Visual Basic .NET

Examples

Basic

Division the possible of use:

x = 64 / 8   ' x=8
y = x / 0.5   ' y=16
z = (x * 2 / y +5)' z=1.1

Basic

Even one example in what situations we can use the operation division:

i / &Hab
27 / 3
(2.5 / 2 + 1.25) + 2

Basic

Other pieces of example codes:

x >= y / 5

y = x / &Ha

(x / 5)

50 / i

y = x / &Ha

y = y/ 3.14

You can find it in the following collections: arithmetic operators

Division in another programming language:

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