/ Division operator

Divides one numeric expression by another numeric expression, producing a decimal result. This is the case for both INTEGER and INT64 expressions.

Syntax

expression / expression

expression

An expression that evaluates to a numeric value.

Example

This procedure divides the number of items allocated by the number of items on hand, producing a decimal value. The multiplication operator (*) converts that decimal value to a percentage.

r-div.p

DISPLAY "INVENTORY COMMITMENTS AS A PERCENT OF UNITS ON HAND".
FOR EACH Item NO-LOCK:
  DISPLAY Item.ItemNum Item.ItemName Item.Allocated Item.OnHand 
   (Item.Allocated / Item.OnHand) * 100 FORMAT ">>9" LABEL "PCT".
END.

Notes

• ABL always performs division as a decimal operation (the product of 5 / 2 is 2.5, not 2). If you assign the result to an integer field, ABL rounds the decimal to make the assignment. When you want ABL to truncate a quotient to an integer, use the TRUNCATE function (TRUNCATE(5 / 2, 0) is 2).
• The result of dividing a number by 0 is the Unknown value (?), and the AVM does not display an error message.

See also

* Multiplication operator