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/ (division)

division, slash, /

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

    expression1 / expression2

Parameters

`expression` A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Operator (arithmetic); divides `expression1` by `expression2`. The result of the division operation is a double-precision floating-point number.

Example

The following statement divides the floating-point number 22.0 by 7.0 and then displays the result in the Output window.

    trace(22.0 / 7.0);

The result is `3.1429`, which is a floating-point number.