---
title: "/(_:_:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Operator
path: "swift/floatingpoint/_(_:_:)"
---

# /(_:_:)

Returns the quotient of dividing the first value by the second, rounded to a representable value.

## Declaration

```swift
static func / (lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self
```

## Parameters

- `lhs`: The value to divide.
- `rhs`: The value to divide lhs by.

## Discussion

Discussion The division operator (/) calculates the quotient of the division if rhs is nonzero. If rhs is zero, the result of the division is infinity, with the sign of the result matching the sign of lhs. let x = 16.875 let y = x / 2.25 // y == 7.5

let z = x / 0 // z.isInfinite == true The / operator implements the division operation defined by the IEEE 754 specification.