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/ (division)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
expression1 / expression2
Parameters
expression
A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.
Returns
A floating-point number.
Description
Operator (arithmetic); divides expression1 by expression2. The result of the division
operation is a double-precision floating-point number.
For more information, see “Operator precedence and associativity” in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
The following statement divides the current width and height of the Stage, and then displays the
result in the Output panel.
trace(Stage.width/2);
trace(Stage.height/2);
For a default Stage width and height of 550 x 400, the output is 275 and 150.
See Also
% (modulo)