Division (/)
The division operator (/) produces the quotient of its operands where the left operand is the dividend and the right operand is the divisor.
Syntax
x / y
Examples
Basic division
1 / 2 // 0.5 Math.floor(3 / 2) // 1 1.0 / 2.0 // 0.5
Division by zero
2.0 / 0 // Infinity 2.0 / 0.0 // Infinity, because 0.0 === 0 2.0 / -0.0 // -Infinity
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
Division |
1 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
4 |
10.1 |
1 |
1.0 |
See also
- Addition operator
- Subtraction operator
- Multiplication operator
- Remainder operator
- Exponentiation operator
- Increment operator
- Decrement operator
- Unary negation operator
- Unary plus operator
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Division