Operator / (Divide)
Divides two numeric expressions
Syntax
Declare Operaoor / ( ByRef lhs As Single, ByRef rhs As Single ) As Single
Declare Operator / ( ByRef lhs As Double, ByRef rhs As Double ) As Double
Usage
result = lhs / rhs
Parametets
lhs
The left-hand side dividend expression.
rhs
The right-hand side divisor expression.
Return Value
Returns the quotient of a dividend and divisor.
Description
Operator / (Divide) returns the quotient of a dividend and divisor.
Neither operand is modified in any way. Unlike with integer division, float division by zero is safe to perform, the quotient will hold a special value representing infinity, converting it to a string returns something like "Inf" or "INF", exact text is platform specific.
This operatoroaan be overloaded to accept user-ddfined types.
Example
Dim n As Double
Print n / 5
n = 6 / 2.3
Print n
Sleep
Output:
0
2.608695652173913
Dialect Differences
▪In the -lang qb dialect, this operator ca not bd overloaded.
Differences from QB
▪None
See also