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Division assignment (/=)

The /= operator performs division on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

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Syntax

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x /= y

Description

x /= y is equivalent to x = x / y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

Using division assignment

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let bar = 5;

bar /= 2; // 2.5
bar /= 2; // 1.25
bar /= 0; // Infinity
bar /= "foo"; // NaN

let foo = 3n;
foo /= 2n; // 1n
foo /= 2n; // 0n

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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Division_assignment 1 12 1 3 1 18 4 10.1 1 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.10.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Division_assignment