/ operator

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/ operator

	Double	Long	Text	Categorical	Date
Double	Divide Double	Divide Double	Divide1 Double	Not applicable	Divide2 Date
Long	Divide Double	Divide Long	Divide 1 Long	Difference Categorical	Divide2 Date
Text	Divide1 Double	Divide4 Double5	Not applicable	Difference3 Categorical	Divide4 Date
Categorical	Not applicable	Difference Categorical	Difference 3 Categorical	Difference Categorical	Not applicable
Date	Divide2 Date	Divide2 Date	Divide4 Date	Not applicable	Divide Date

See also Notes.

Examples

1. Numeric variables

(visits / 2) > 1

In this example, the / operator is used to divide the visits integer (Long) variable by 2 and compare whether the result is greater than 1.

2. Categorical variables

(biology / education) >= {YES}

This example uses the biology and education variables again. The / operator finds the difference of the two category lists, which means that it returns any categories that are in either one of the category lists, but not in both. The >= operator tests whether the result contains the Yes category. For example, you could use this expression to select respondents who chose the Yes category in response to either one of the questions, but not to both.

Like the - and * operators, the / operator is generally useful for categorical variables only if they have identical or overlapping category lists.