Kotlin Division Assignment

Kotlin Division Assignment Operator

Kotlin Division Assignment Operator divides the left operand by right operand, and assigns the quotient to the left operand.

Syntax

The syntax to use Division Assignment operator is

x /= value

where

  • x is the variable name
  • /= is the symbol used for Division Assignment operator
  • value is the value that we would like to divide the variable x with

The above expression is equivalent to

x = x / value

Examples

Divide the value in x by 5

In the following program, we take a variable: x with an initial value of 21. Using Division Assignment operator, we divide the value in x by 5.

Kotlin Program

fun main() {
    var x = 21
    x /= 5
    println(x)
}

Output

4

Explanation

x /= 5
x = x  / 5
x = 21 / 5
x = 4