Division (/)

Details

The Division operator produces the result of dividing two numerically interpreted operands. It uses any leading numeric characters as the numeric value of the operands and products a result that is the quotient.

Examples

The following example performs division on two numeric literals:

 WRITE 9 / 5.5 // 1.636363636363636364

The following example performs division on two locally defined variables:

 SET x = 4
 SET y = 5
 WRITE x / y // .8

The following example performs string arithmetic on two operands that have leading digits, dividing the resulting numerics:

 WRITE "8 apples" / "4 oranges"  // 2

If the operand has no leading numeric characters, Divide assumes its value to be zero. For example:

 WRITE "eight apples" / "4 oranges" // 0
 // "8 apples"/"four oranges" generates a <DIVIDE> error

Note that the second of these operations is invalid. Dividing a number by zero is not allowed. ObjectScript returns a <DIVIDE> error message.