Division(/) Arithmetic Operator in JavaScript
Last Updated :
14 Mar, 2023
JavaScript airthmetic division operator is used to find the quotient of operands. The left operator is treated as a dividend and the right operator is treated as a divisor.
Syntax:
a/b
Return Type: It returns the quotient of the operands
Example 1: In this example, we will perform basic division on Numbers.
Javascript
console.log(100/20);
console.log(Infinity/0);
console.log(Infinity/-0);
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Output:
5
Infinity
-Infinity
Example 2: In this example, we will perform a division operation on a string/non-numbers.
Javascript
console.log( "100" /20);
console.log( "Hello" /0);
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Output: The string is converted to its corresponding number type and the string which does not contain any number is converted to NaN.
5
NaN
Supported Browsers:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
We have a complete list of Javascript Arithmetic operators, to check those please go through this JavaScript Arithmetic Operators article.
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