<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Multiplication and Division:</title><link href="book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="../book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0" name="generator"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="XPath 2.0 Processor User Manual"><link rel="up" href="ch02s03s05.html" title="Arithmetic Expressions"><link rel="prev" href="ch02s03s05.html" title="Arithmetic Expressions"><link rel="next" href="ch02s03s05s03.html" title="Addition and Subtraction:"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="Multiplication_and_Division:"></a>Multiplication and Division:</h4></div></div></div><p>The operator * multiplies two numbers. If the operands are of
          different types, XPath 2.0 specifications say that one of them is
          promoted to the type of the other.&nbsp;The result is the same type as
          the operands after promotion.</p><p>The operator div divides two numbers. Dividing two integers
          produces a double; in other cases the result is the same type as the
          operands.</p><p>The operator idiv performs integer division. For example, the
          result of 10 idiv 3 is 3.</p><p>The mod operator returns the modulus (or remainder) after
          division.</p><p>The operators * and div may also be used to multiply or divide
          a range by a number.</p><p>For example, <span class="italic">(1 idiv 1 to
          3)</span> returns the result: <span class="italic">xs:integer: 1, xs:integer: 2, xs:integer:
          3</span></p></div></body></html>