\ Operator

Description

Used to divide two numbers and return an integer result.

Syntax

result = number1\number2

The \ operator syntax has these parts

Part	Description

result	Required; any numeric variable.
number1	Required; any numeric expression.
number2	Required; any numeric expression.

Remarks

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

Usually, the data type of result is a Byte, Byte variant, Integer, Integer variant, Long, or Long variant, regardless of whether result is a whole number. Any fractional portion is truncated. However, if any expression is Null, result is Null. Any expression that is Empty is treated as 0.

See Also

Operator precedence.

Example

This example uses the \ operator to perform integer division.

Dim MyValue
MyValue = 11 \ 4                ' Returns 2.
MyValue = 9 \ 3                    ' Returns 3.
MyValue = 100 \ 3                ' Returns 33.