Division Operator

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's GO journey — lesson 16 of 109.

The division operator (/) divides the left operand by the right operand.

Create two variables and perform division:

a := 10
b := 3
result := a / b
fmt.Println(result)

Output:

Note that when dividing integers, Go truncates the result (removes decimal part).

For decimal division, use floating-point numbers:

x := 10.0
y := 3.0
decimalResult := x / y
fmt.Println(decimalResult)

Output:

3.3333333333333335

Challenge

Beginner

In this challenge, you'll practice using the division operator (/) in Go. We have two numbers already defined. Your task is to divide the first number by the second number and store the result in the provided variable.

Complete the code to perform the division and print the result.

Cheat sheet

The division operator (/) divides the left operand by the right operand:

a := 10
b := 3
result := a / b
fmt.Println(result) // Output: 3

When dividing integers, Go truncates the result (removes decimal part).

For decimal division, use floating-point numbers:

x := 10.0
y := 3.0
decimalResult := x / y
fmt.Println(decimalResult) // Output: 3.3333333333333335

Try it yourself

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	// These numbers are already defined for you
	number1 := 20.0
	number2 := 4.0
	
	// TODO: Divide number1 by number2 and store the result in the 'result' variable
	var result float64
	
	// This will print the result
	fmt.Println("The result of", number1, "divided by", number2, "is:", result)
}