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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">"\" Operator</title>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150669"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03070700.xhp">"\" Operator</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3149670" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Performs the integer division on two numbers and returns the result.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153360" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">result = expression1 \ expression2 </paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154141" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>result</emph>: A numerical value that contains the result of the integer division.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150448" role="paragraph"> <emph>expression1, expression2</emph>: Dividend and diviser operands of the integer division.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id951642689912087">Before division both operands are rounded to whole numbers. The fractional part of the result is dropped.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341473008" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub IntegerDivision</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341471776" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print 5 \ 4 , 5 / 4 ' 1 , 1.25</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341471777" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print 7 \ 4 , 7 / 4 ' 1 , 1.75</paragraph>
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