For an operation of the form x / y, binary operator overload resolution (?4.
2.4) is applied to select a
specific operator implementation. The operands are converted to the
parameter types of the selected
operator, and the type of the result is the return type of the operator.
The predefined division operators are listed below. The operators all
compute the quotient of x and y.
?Integer division:
int operator /(int x, int y);
uint operator /(uint x, uint y);
long operator /(long x, long y);
ulong operator /(ulong x, ulong y);
If the value of the right operand is zero, a System.DivideByZeroException is
thrown.
The division rounds the result towards zero, and the absolute value of the
result is the largest possible
integer that is less than the absolute value of the quotient of the two
operands. The result is zero or
positive when the two operands have the same sign and zero or negative when
the two operands have
opposite signs.
If the left operand is the maximum negative int or long value and the right
operand is ?1, an overflow
occurs. In a checked context, this causes a System.ArithmeticException (or
a subclass thereof)
to be thrown. In an unchecked context, it is implementation-defined as to
whether a
System.ArithmeticException (or a subclass thereof) is thrown or the
overflow goes unreported
with the resulting value being that of the left operand.
?Floating-point division:
float operator /(float x, float y);
double operator /(double x, double y);
The quotient is computed according to the rules of IEC 60559 arithmetic.
The following table lists the
results of all possible combinations of nonzero finite values, zeros,
infinities, and NaN?s. In the table, x
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and y are positive finite values. z is the result of x / y. If the result
is too large for the destination type,
z is infinity. If the result is too small for the destination type, z is
zero.
+y -y +0 -0 +8 -8 NaN
+x +z -z +8 -8 +0 -0 NaN
-x -z +z -8 +8 -0 +0 NaN
+0 +0 -0 NaN NaN +0 -0 NaN
-0 -0 +0 NaN NaN -0 +0 NaN
+8 +8 -8 +8 -8 NaN NaN NaN
-8 -8 +8 -8 +8 NaN NaN NaN
NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
?Decimal division:
decimal operator /(decimal x, decimal y);
If the value of the right operand is zero, a System.DivideByZeroException
is thrown. If the
resulting value is too large to represent in the decimal format, a
System.OverflowException is
thrown. If the result value is too small to represent in the decimal
format, the result is zero. The scale
of the result, before any rounding, is the smallest scale that will
preserve a result equal to the exact
result.
Decimal division is equivalent to using the division operator of type
System.Decimal.
