BigInteger.Division(BigInteger, BigInteger) Operator

Definition

Namespace:

System.Numerics

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.Numerics.dll

Source:

BigInteger.cs

Divides a specified BigInteger value by another specified BigInteger value by using integer division.

C#

public static System.Numerics.BigInteger operator /(System.Numerics.BigInteger dividend, System.Numerics.BigInteger divisor);

Parameters

dividend

BigInteger

The value to be divided.

divisor

BigInteger

The value to divide by.

Returns

BigInteger

The integral result of the division.

Implements

Division(TSelf, TOther)

Exceptions

DivideByZeroException

divisor is 0 (zero).

Examples

The following example creates an array of BigInteger values. It then uses each element as the quotient in a division operation that uses the Divide method, the division operator (/), and the DivRem method.

C#

using System;
using System.Numerics;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      BigInteger divisor = BigInteger.Pow(Int64.MaxValue, 2);

      BigInteger[] dividends = { BigInteger.Multiply((BigInteger) Single.MaxValue, 2),
                                 BigInteger.Parse("90612345123875509091827560007100099"),
                                 BigInteger.One,
                                 BigInteger.Multiply(Int32.MaxValue, Int64.MaxValue),
                                 divisor + BigInteger.One };

      // Divide each dividend by divisor in three different ways.
      foreach (BigInteger dividend in dividends)
      {
         BigInteger quotient;
         BigInteger remainder = 0;

         Console.WriteLine("Dividend: {0:N0}", dividend);
         Console.WriteLine("Divisor:  {0:N0}", divisor);
         Console.WriteLine("Results:");
         Console.WriteLine("   Using Divide method:     {0:N0}",
                           BigInteger.Divide(dividend, divisor));
         Console.WriteLine("   Using Division operator: {0:N0}",
                           dividend / divisor);
         quotient = BigInteger.DivRem(dividend, divisor, out remainder);
         Console.WriteLine("   Using DivRem method:     {0:N0}, remainder {1:N0}",
                           quotient, remainder);

         Console.WriteLine();
      }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//    Dividend: 680,564,693,277,057,719,623,408,366,969,033,850,880
//    Divisor:  85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,249
//    Results:
//       Using Divide method:     7
//       Using Division operator: 7
//       Using DivRem method:     7, remainder 85,070,551,165,415,408,691,630,012,479,406,342,137
//
//    Dividend: 90,612,345,123,875,509,091,827,560,007,100,099
//    Divisor:  85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,249
//    Results:
//       Using Divide method:     0
//       Using Division operator: 0
//       Using DivRem method:     0, remainder 90,612,345,123,875,509,091,827,560,007,100,099
//
//    Dividend: 1
//    Divisor:  85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,249
//    Results:
//       Using Divide method:     0
//       Using Division operator: 0
//       Using DivRem method:     0, remainder 1
//
//    Dividend: 19,807,040,619,342,712,359,383,728,129
//    Divisor:  85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,249
//    Results:
//       Using Divide method:     0
//       Using Division operator: 0
//       Using DivRem method:     0, remainder 19,807,040,619,342,712,359,383,728,129
//
//    Dividend: 85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,250
//    Divisor:  85,070,591,730,234,615,847,396,907,784,232,501,249
//    Results:
//       Using Divide method:     1
//       Using Division operator: 1
//       Using DivRem method:     1, remainder 1

Remarks

The Division method defines the division operation for BigInteger values. It enables code such as the following:

C#

BigInteger num1 = 100045632194;
BigInteger num2 = 90329434;
BigInteger quotient = num1 / num2;

Languages that do not support custom operators and operator overloading can call the Divide method instead.

The equivalent method for this operator is BigInteger.Divide(BigInteger, BigInteger)

Applies to

See also

• Divide(BigInteger, BigInteger)