Operator \ (Integer Divide)

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Divides two Integer expressions

Syntax

Declare Operator \ ( ByRef lhs As Integer, ByRef rhs As Integer ) As Integer Declare Operator \ ( ByRef lhs As UInteger, ByRef rhs As UInteger ) As UInteger Declare Operator \ ( ByRef lhs As LongInt, ByRef rhs As LongInt ) As LongInt Declare Operator \ ( ByRef lhs As ULongInt, ByRef rhs As ULongInt ) As ULongInt

Usage

result = lhs\rhs

Parameters

lhs

The left-hand side dividend expression.

rhs

The right-hand side divisor expression.

Return Value

Returns the quotient of an Integer dividend and divisor.

Description

Operator \ (Integer division) divides two Integer expressions and returns the result. Float numeric values are converted to Integer by rounding up or down, and the fractional part of the resulting quotient is truncated.

If the divisor (rhs) is zero (0), a division by zero error (crash) will be raised.

Neither of the operands are modified in any way.

This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types.

Example

Dim n As Double Print n \ 5 n = 7 \ 2.6 '' => 7 \ 3 => 2.33333 => 2 Print n n = 7 \ 2.4 '' => 7 \ 2 => 3.5 => 3 Print n Sleep
Output:

0
2
3

Dialect Differences

In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB

None