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CppDivideOperator

(C++) / operator

The divide/division operator is used to divide two values.

const double oneThird = 1.0 / 3.0; // '.0' to specify these are doubles
const int notOneThird = 1 / 3; //OOPS! This will be 0!


If these two values are of type int, the result will also be of type int. In the case above, 1/3 equals 0.33333 and this is converted to the integer 0. Beware of these implicit type conversions.

Its opposite operator is the multiply operator, *.

There is also a STL functors called std::divides.

The five mathematical operators are:

'Divide operator' links



last edited (December 16, 2006) by bilderbikkel, Number of views: 1474, Current Rev: 5 (Diff)

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