Divide

The divide operator is /.

 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Example</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        var result = 6 / 2; 
        document.writeln(result); //3
       
    </script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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If either of the operands isn't a number, it is converted to a number using the Number() casting function. An empty string is treated as 0, and the Boolean value of true is treated as 1.

The divide operator has the following behaviors:

OPERAND 1	divided by	RESULT
number	number	regular arithmetic division, may have result of Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY or Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
NaN	any value	NaN
any value	NaN	NaN
Infinity	Infinity	NaN
zero	zero	NaN
nonzero finite number	zero	Infinity or -Infinity depending on the sign of the first operand
Infinity	nonzero finite number	Infinity or -Infinity depending on the sign of the second operand