# /= (division assignment)

#### Availability

Flash Player 4.

#### Usage

    expression1 /= expression2

#### Parameters

`expression1,expression2` A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Operator (arithmetic compound assignment); assigns `expression1` the value of `expression1` `/` `expression2`. For example, the following two statements are the same:

    x /= y
    x = x / y

#### Example

The following code illustrates using the `/=` operator with variables and numbers.

    x = 10;
    y = 2;
    x /= y;
    // x now contains the value 5