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Overview
Floating point division.
USAGE
dividend / divisor
Value Name | Description |
|---|---|
| The numbers in the division |
| The numbers in the division |
DETAILS
The / operator divides the dividend by the divisor and returns the floating point result of the division. The / operator is similar to the DIVFLT() function.
A NULL is returned if the divisor is 0 or if either the dividend or divisor is NULL.
Because the returned value is not rounded down, the result of x / y is not the same as FLOOR(x / y) when the resulting value is negative.
To obtain the integer result of a division operation, see "DIV" or "DIVINT()".
EXAMPLES
SELECT 12345 / 10, 22 / 3, .5 / .25;
+------------+--------+----------+
| 12345 / 10 | 22 / 3 | .5 / .25 |
+------------+--------+----------+
| 1234.5000 | 7.3333 | 2.00000 |
+------------+--------+----------+
CREATE TABLE div_example (
val INT
);
INSERT INTO div_example VALUES
(21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28),
(-21), (-22), (-23), (-24), (-25), (-26), (-27), (-28);
SELECT val, val / 7, val DIV 7, FLOOR(val / 7)
FROM div_example;
+------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| val | val / 7 | val DIV 7 | FLOOR(val / 7) |
+------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| 21 | 3.0000 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | 3.1429 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | 3.2857 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | 3.4286 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | 3.5714 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | 3.7143 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | 3.8571 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | 4.0000 | 4 | 4 |
| -21 | -3.0000 | -3 | -3 |
| -22 | -3.1429 | -3 | -4 |
| -23 | -3.2857 | -3 | -4 |
| -24 | -3.4286 | -3 | -4 |
| -25 | -3.5714 | -3 | -4 |
| -26 | -3.7143 | -3 | -4 |
| -27 | -3.8571 | -3 | -4 |
| -28 | -4.0000 | -4 | -4 |
+------+---------+-----------+----------------+