div

Integer division

x div y    div[x;y]

Returns the greatest whole number that does not exceed x%y.

q)7 div 3
2

q)7 div 2 3 4
3 2 1

q)-7 7 div/:\:-2.5 -2 2 2.5
2  3  -4 -3
-3 -4 3  2

Except for char, byte, short, and real, preserves the type of the first argument.

q)7f div 2
3f
q)6i div 4
1i
q)2014.10.13 div 365
2000.01.15

The exceptions are char, byte, short, and real, which get converted to ints.

q)7h div 3
2i
q)0x80 div 16
8i
q)"\023" div 8
2i

Implicit iteration

div is an atomic function.

q)(10;20 30)div(3 4; -5)
3  2
-4 -6

It applies to dictionaries and keyed tables.

q)k:`k xkey update k:`abc`def`ghi from t:flip d:`a`b!(10 -21 3;4 5 -6)

q)d div 5
a| 2 -5 0
b| 0 1  -2

q)k div 5
k  | a  b
---| -----
abc| 2  0
def| -5 1
ghi| 0  -2

Domain and range

    b g x h i j e f c s p m d z n u v t
----------------------------------------
b | i . i i i i i i i . i i i i i i i i
g | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
x | i . i i i i i i i . i i i i i i i i
h | i . i i i i i i i . i i i i i i i i
i | i . i i i i i i i . i i i i i i i i
j | j . j j j j j j j . j j j j j j j j
e | f . f f f f f f f . f f f f f f f f
f | f . f f f f f f f . f f f f f f f f
c | i . i i i i i i i . i i i i i i i i
s | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
p | p . p p p p p p p . p p p p p p p p
m | m . m m m m m m m . m m m m m m m m
d | d . d d d d d d d . d d d d d d d d
z | z . z z z z z z z . z z z z z z z z
n | n . n n n n n n n . n n n n n n n n
u | u . u u u u u u u . u u u u u u u u
v | v . v v v v v v v . v v v v v v v v
t | t . t t t t t t t . t t t t t t t t

Range: dfijmnptuvz

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% Divide, div, reciprocal
Mathematics
Q for Mortals: §4.8.1 Integer Division div and Modulus mod