Divide

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( value_1, value_2, ... )

Description

The Divide function computes the quotient of two or more numbers. When all of the numbers are integers, the result is a Long integer value. When any of the numbers is a floating-point number, the result is a Double-precision, floating-point value.

Attempting to Divide an empty list results in an "invalid argument" error.

Attempting to Divide any value by zero results in a "invalid argument" error.

Parameters

Parameter Type Definition and Requirements

value

Number

Two or more Numbers to divide.

Returns

A Number which is the result of dividing two or more numbers. When all of the parameters are integers, the result is a Long (integer division). Otherwise, the result is a Double (floating-point division).

Examples

  1. The following query executes two equivalent division operations. The first example provides the Divide function a list of numbers. The second equivalent operation first divides 10 by 5, the takes the result of that operation and divides it by 2:

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    (10, 5, 2)
    1
    Query metrics:

    •    bytesIn:  19

    •   bytesOut:  14

    • computeOps:   1

    •    readOps:   0

    •   writeOps:   0

    •  readBytes:   0

    • writeBytes:   0

    •  queryTime: 4ms

    •    retries:   0

    is equivalent to:

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    ((10, 5), 2)
    1
    Query metrics:

    •    bytesIn:  32

    •   bytesOut:  14

    • computeOps:   1

    •    readOps:   0

    •   writeOps:   0

    •  readBytes:   0

    • writeBytes:   0

    •  queryTime: 4ms

    •    retries:   0

  2. The following query demonstrates that dividing with integers results in an integer result:

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    (1, 2)
    0
    Query metrics:

    •    bytesIn:  16

    •   bytesOut:  14

    • computeOps:   1

    •    readOps:   0

    •   writeOps:   0

    •  readBytes:   0

    • writeBytes:   0

    •  queryTime: 2ms

    •    retries:   0

  3. The following query demonstrates that dividing with a double value results in a floating-point result:

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    (1, (2))
    0.5
    Query metrics:

    •    bytesIn:  30

    •   bytesOut:  16

    • computeOps:   1

    •    readOps:   0

    •   writeOps:   0

    •  readBytes:   0

    • writeBytes:   0

    •  queryTime: 3ms

    •    retries:   0

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