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title: Division (/)
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The division (/) operator produces the quotient of its operands where the left operand is the dividend and the right operand is the divisor.

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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

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Addition operator

• Subtraction operator

• Multiplication operator

• Remainder operator

• Exponentiation operator

• Increment operator

• Decrement operator

• Unary negation operator

• Unary plus operator