\ Operator

See Also1NOOGUD              Example1DQH9ET>Low

Used to divide two numbers and return an integer result.

Syntax

result = operand1 \ operand2

Remarks

The operands can be any numeric expression71RISN.

Before division is performed, the operands are rounded to Integer or Long expressions.

Usually, the data type3GYXY7 of result is an Integer, a Long, or a Variant8PHEAW3 of VarType7A68ZTZ 2 (Integer) or VarType 3 (Long) regardless of whether or not result is a whole number.  Any fractional portion is truncated.  However, if any operand is a Null1DDW7C0, result is also a Null.  Any operand that is Empty1L2JEZ4 (VarType 0) is treated as 0.


See Also

Arithmetic OperatorsSH0K1B

Comparison OperatorsNRJZ1K

Concatenation Operators2MYTW1K

Logical Operators1CQVUTN

Operator Precedence23082A9

Other Operators2HA580P

VarType FunctionXRZH1Y


\ Operator Example

The example divides 100,000 by 7 using integer division and returns 14,285.  To try this example, paste the code into the Declarations section of a form.  Then press F5 and click the form.

 

Sub Form_Click ()

   Dim Result As Double                        ' Declare variable.

   Result = 100000 \ 7                         ' Divide numbers.

   MsgBox "100000 divided by 7 is " & Result   ' Display results.

End Sub