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 ½ ¼ 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 (¼5) (1 divided by each element on the right) 0.2 1 0.5 0.3333333333 0.25 0.2 2 3÷5 (¼4) (¼5) (Arguments must be the same length) LENGTH ERROR 2 3÷5(¼4)(¼5) ^ (¼4) 10 (¼3)÷ 5 (2 2 ½¼4) (¼3) 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.