÷ Divide

Two-argument form  See also one-argument form Reciprocal

Divides the number(s) in the left-hand argument by the number(s) in the right- hand argument.

             9÷3                     (One number is divided by another)
       3
             0÷0                     (This is a special case)
       1
             21 15 75 13÷5           (Division of each number in a vector by
       4.2 3 15 2.6                   a single number)
             12 8 24÷2 8 6           (Each number in one vector is divided by the
       6 1 4                          corresponding number in another vector)
             TABLE ← 2 5 ⍴ ⍳ 10      (Numbers 1 to 10 assigned to TABLE.
             TABLE÷10                (Each number in TABLE is divided by 10
       0.1  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.5
       0.6  0.7  0.8  0.9  1
             TABLE÷TABLE             (Each number in one matrix is divided by the
       1 1 1 1 1                      corresponding number in another of the same
       1 1 1 1 1                      size and dimensions)
             1 ÷5 (⍳5)               (1 divided by each element on the right)
        0.2  1 0.5 0.3333333333 0.25 0.2
             2  3÷5 (⍳4) (⍳5)        (Arguments must be the same length)
       LENGTH ERROR
             2 3÷5(⍳4)(⍳5)
             ^
             (⍳4) 10 (⍳3)÷ 5 (2 2 ⍴⍳4) (⍳3)
        0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8       10                 5               1 1 1
                               3.333333333       2.5
                                     (Corresponding elements divided)

If the right argument contains a zero, APLX will generate a DOMAIN ERROR.