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DIVIDE

Short Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

DIVIDE dobj1 BY dobj2. 

Effect

This statement has the same effect as the statement

dobj1 = dobj1 / dobj2.

The content of dobj1 is divided by the content of dobj2 and the result is assigned to dobj1. The data objects dobj1 and dobj2 have to be numeric. Only data objects can be specified, no calls or other expressions. The calculation type is determined like an arithmetic expression.

Programming Guidelines

• Preventing Division by Zero
• Using Operator Format
  

Notes

• Division by the value 0 is undefined and raises a handleable exception. The only situation where division by 0 does not raise an exception is if the dividend is also 0. Here, the result is set to 0.
• One obsolete form of the statement DIVIDE is DIVIDE-CORRESPONDING.
  

Exceptions

Catchable Exceptions

CX_SY_ARITHMETIC_OVERFLOW

• Cause: Overflow in arithmetic operation (type p)
  Runtime Error: BCD_OVERFLOW
• Cause: Integer overflow in division
  Runtime Error: COMPUTE_INT_DIV_OVERFLOW
  

CX_SY_CONVERSION_OVERFLOW

• Cause: Overflow in arithmetic operation (type p, with specified length)
  Runtime Error: BCD_FIELD_OVERFLOW
  

CX_SY_ZERODIVIDE

• Cause: Division by 0 (type p)
  Runtime Error: BCD_ZERODIVIDE
• Cause: Division by 0 (type f)
  Runtime Error: COMPUTE_FLOAT_ZERODIVIDE
• Cause: Division by 0 (type i)
  Runtime Error: COMPUTE_INT_ZERODIVIDE
  

Non-Catchable Exceptions

• Cause: p field does not contain the correct BCD format
  Runtime Error: BCD_BADDATA