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/ Division

Divides one numeric expression by another numeric expression, producing a numeric result.

SYNTAX

expression / expression 

expression

An expression that evaluates to a numeric value.

EXAMPLE

This expression divides the total for each sales representative by the total amount of all sales, then multiplies the product by 100 to make it a percentage:

Sales-Rep-Total / Grand-Total-Sales * 100 

NOTE

The result of dividing a number by 0 is the error value, which is displayed as a string of question marks (?????).


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