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ee.Number.divide

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The divide function divides the first value by the second value.
Division by zero returns 0.
The function takes two Number type arguments: the left-hand value and the right-hand value.
The function returns a Number type.

Divides the first value by the second, returning 0 for division by 0.

Usage	Returns
`Number. divide (right)`	Number

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

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 '5 / 10' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ))); 
  
 // 0.5 
 print 
 ( 
 '5 / 10.2' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10.2 
 ))); 
  
 // 0.490196078 
 print 
 ( 
 '5 / -10.2' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ))); 
  
 // -0.490196078 
 print 
 ( 
 '-10.2 / 5' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ))); 
  
 // -2.04 
 print 
 ( 
 '-10.2 / -5' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 5 
 ))); 
  
 // 2.04 
 print 
 ( 
 '0 / 10' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ))); 
  
 // 0 
 print 
 ( 
 '10 / 0' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ). 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ))); 
  
 // 0

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 
 ( 
 '5 / 10:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ))) 
 # 0.5 
 display 
 ( 
 '5 / 10.2:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10.2 
 ))) 
 # 0.490196078 
 display 
 ( 
 '5 / -10.2:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ))) 
 # -0.490196078 
 display 
 ( 
 '-10.2 / 5:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ))) 
 # -2.04 
 display 
 ( 
 '-10.2 / -5:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 5 
 ))) 
 # 2.04 
 display 
 ( 
 '0 / 10:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ))) 
 # 0 
 display 
 ( 
 '10 / 0:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ) 
 . 
 divide 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ))) 
 # 0

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AI-generated Key Takeaways

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Number.divide