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ee.Array.divide

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This function performs element-wise division between two values, returning 0 when the second value is 0.
The function is used on an Array and takes a right-hand Array as an argument, returning an Array.
Examples in JavaScript and Python demonstrate various division operations with different inputs, including division by zero, scalars, and other arrays.

On an element-wise basis, divides the first value by the second, returning 0 for division by 0.

Usage	Returns
`Array. divide (right)`	Array

Argument	Type	Details
this: `left`	Array	The left-hand value.
`right`	Array	The right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 '2 / 0' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 0 
 )); 
  
 // 0 
 print 
 ( 
 '2 / 1' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 1 
 )); 
  
 // 2 
 print 
 ( 
 '2 / [1]' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ). 
 divide 
 ([ 
 1 
 ])); 
  
 // [2] 
 print 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / 2' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
  
 4 
 ]). 
 divide 
 ( 
 2 
 )); 
  
 // [1.5,2] 
 print 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / [2,4]' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
  
 4 
 ]). 
 divide 
 ([ 
 2 
 , 
 4 
 ])); 
  
 // [1.5,1] 
 print 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / ee.Array([2,4])' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
  
 4 
 ]). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 2 
 , 
 4 
 ]))); 
  
 // [1.5,1]

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 display 
 ( 
 '2 / 0:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 0 
 )) 
 # 0 
 display 
 ( 
 '2 / 1:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 1 
 )) 
 # 2 
 display 
 ( 
 '2 / [1]:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ( 
 2 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ([ 
 1 
 ])) 
 # [2] 
 display 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / 2:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
 4 
 ]) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 2 
 )) 
 # [1.5,2] 
 display 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / [2,4]:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
 4 
 ]) 
 . 
 divide 
 ([ 
 2 
 , 
 4 
 ])) 
 # [1.5,1] 
 display 
 ( 
 '[3,4] / ee.Array([2,4]):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 3 
 , 
 4 
 ]) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 2 
 , 
 4 
 ]))) 
 # [1.5,1]

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Array.divide