ratio

Syntax

ratio(X, Y) or X\Y

Arguments

X and Y is a scalar/pair/vector/matrix.

If X or Y is a pair/vector/matrix, the other is a scalar or a pair/vector/matrix of the same size.

Details

Returns element-by-element ratio of X to Y. Function ratio always returns floating numbers. If both X and Y are integer/long, ratio converts them into floating numbers and then conduct division. This is different from operator div (/) , which does not convert integer/long to floating numbers. Another difference with div is that Y can be negative integers when X is integer.

Examples

9\2:5;
// output
4.5 : 1.8

11:25\3:4;
// output
3.666667 : 6.25

x=1 2 3;
x \ 2;
// output
[0.5,1,1.5]

2 \ x;
// output
[2,1,0.666667]

y=4 5 6;
 x \ y;
// output
[0.25,0.4,0.5]

y \ x;
// output
[4,2.5,2]

m1=1..6$2:3;
m1
#0 #1 #2
1 3 5
2 4 6
 m1\2;
#0 #1 #2
0.5 1.5 2.5
1 2 3
m2=6..1$2:3;
m2
#0 #1 #2
6 4 2
5 3 1
m1\m2;
#0 #1 #2
0.166667 0.75 2.5
0.4 1.333333 6S
-7\5;
// output
-1.4

x=-1 2 3;
x\-5;
// output
[0.2,-0.4,-0.6]