/= division assignment operator

expression1 /= expression2

Assigns expression1 the value of expression1 / expression2. For example, the following two statements are equivalent:

x /= y;
x = x / y;

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

expression1 : Number - A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.

expression2 : Number - A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.

Number - A number.

The following code illustrates using the division assignment (/=) operator with variables and numbers:

var x:Number = 10; 
var y:Number = 2; 
x /= y; trace(x); // output: 5