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title: "JavaScript bcdiv function"
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- /functions/view/bcdiv:871
- /functions/view/bcdiv
- /functions/view/871
- /functions/bcdiv:871
- /functions/871
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<!-- Generated by Rakefile:build -->
A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's bcdiv

{% codeblock bc/bcdiv.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/bc/bcdiv.js raw on github %}
function bcdiv (left_operand, right_operand, scale) {
  // From: http://phpjs.org/functions
  // +   original by: lmeyrick (https://sourceforge.net/projects/bcmath-js/)
  // -    depends on: _phpjs_shared_bc
  // *     example 1: bcdiv(1, 2);
  // *     returns 1: 3
  //  @todo: implement these testcases
  //        bcscale(0);
  //
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 1, '0', bcdiv("1", "2"));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 2, '0.50', bcdiv("1", "2", 2));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 3, '-0.2000', bcdiv("-1", "5", 4));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 4, '3333.3333', bcdiv("10000.0000", "3", 4));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 5, '2387.8877', bcdiv("5573.33", "2.334", 4));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 7, '1.00', bcdiv('6.00', '6.00', 2));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 8, '1.00', bcdiv('2.00', '2.00', 2));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 9, '59.51111111', bcdiv('66.95', '1.125', 8));
  //        bcmath.test.result('bcdiv', 10, '4526580661.75', bcdiv('8728932001983192837219398127471.00', '1928372132132819737213.00', 2));
  var libbcmath = this._phpjs_shared_bc();

  var first, second, result;

  if (typeof scale === 'undefined') {
    scale = libbcmath.scale;
  }
  scale = ((scale < 0) ? 0 : scale);

  // create objects
  first = libbcmath.bc_init_num();
  second = libbcmath.bc_init_num();
  result = libbcmath.bc_init_num();

  first = libbcmath.php_str2num(left_operand.toString());
  second = libbcmath.php_str2num(right_operand.toString());

  result = libbcmath.bc_divide(first, second, scale);
  if (result === -1) {
    // error
    throw new Error(11, "(BC) Division by zero");
  }
  if (result.n_scale > scale) {
    result.n_scale = scale;
  }
  return result.toString();
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/bc/bcdiv.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/bc/bcdiv.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
bcdiv(1, 2);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
3
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the bc extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/bc.html %}