Decimal.Divide Method
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Divides two specified Decimal values.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- d1
- Type: System.Decimal
A Decimal (the dividend).
- d2
- Type: System.Decimal
A Decimal (the divisor).
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| DivideByZeroException | d2 is zero. |
| OverflowException | The return value (that is, the quotient) is less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue. |
The following code example creates several pairs of Decimal values and calculates their quotients with the Divide method.
// Example of the decimal.Multiply, decimal.Divide, and // decimal.Remainder methods. using System; class Example { const string dataFmt = "{0,-35}{1,31}"; // Display decimal parameters and their product, quotient, and // remainder. public static void ShowDecimalProQuoRem(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, decimal Left, decimal Right) { outputBlock.Text += "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(dataFmt, "decimal Left", Left) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(dataFmt, "decimal Right", Right) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(dataFmt, "decimal.Multiply( Left, Right )", decimal.Multiply(Left, Right)) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(dataFmt, "decimal.Divide( Left, Right )", decimal.Divide(Left, Right)) + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(dataFmt, "decimal.Remainder( Left, Right )", decimal.Remainder(Left, Right)) + "\n"; } public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { outputBlock.Text += "This example of the \n" + " decimal.Multiply( decimal, decimal ), \n" + " decimal.Divide( decimal, decimal ), and \n" + " decimal.Remainder( decimal, decimal ) \n" + "methods generates the following output. It displays " + "the product, \nquotient, and remainder of several " + "pairs of decimal objects." + "\n"; // Create pairs of decimal objects. ShowDecimalProQuoRem(outputBlock, 1000M, 7M); ShowDecimalProQuoRem(outputBlock, -1000M, 7M); ShowDecimalProQuoRem(outputBlock, new decimal(1230000000, 0, 0, false, 7), 0.0012300M); ShowDecimalProQuoRem(outputBlock, 12345678900000000M, 0.0000000012345678M); ShowDecimalProQuoRem(outputBlock, 123456789.0123456789M, 123456789.1123456789M); } } /* This example of the decimal.Multiply( decimal, decimal ), decimal.Divide( decimal, decimal ), and decimal.Remainder( decimal, decimal ) methods generates the following output. It displays the product, quotient, and remainder of several pairs of decimal objects. decimal Left 1000 decimal Right 7 decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) 7000 decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) 142.85714285714285714285714286 decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) 6 decimal Left -1000 decimal Right 7 decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) -7000 decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) -142.85714285714285714285714286 decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) -6 decimal Left 123.0000000 decimal Right 0.0012300 decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) 0.15129000000000 decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) 100000 decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) 0 decimal Left 12345678900000000 decimal Right 0.0000000012345678 decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) 15241577.6390794200000000 decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) 10000000729000059778004901.796 decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) 0.000000000983 decimal Left 123456789.0123456789 decimal Right 123456789.1123456789 decimal.Multiply( Left, Right ) 15241578765584515.651425087878 decimal.Divide( Left, Right ) 0.9999999991899999933660999449 decimal.Remainder( Left, Right ) 123456789.0123456789 */
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