The java.math.BigInteger.divide(BigInteger val) is used to calculate the division of two BigIntegers. BigInteger class internally uses array of integers for processing, the operation on object of BigIntegers are not as fast as on primitives. This method performs an operation upon the current BigInteger by which this method is called and BigInteger passed as the parameter.
Syntax:
public BigInteger divide(BigInteger val)
Parameters: This method accepts a parameter val which is the value that divides this BigInteger.
Return value: This method returns a BigInteger which holds division (this / val) in Integer (non – floating point value) i.e. it rounds off the result to its floor value.
Exception: The parameter val must not be 0 otherwise Arithmetic Exception is thrown.
Below programs is used to illustrate the divide() method of BigInteger.
Example 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// divide() method of BigInteger  import java.math.BigInteger;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // BigInteger object to store result        BigInteger div;          // Two objects of String created        // Holds the values to calculate the division        String input1 = "400000000000000000"                        + "000000000000000000";          String input2 = "8000000";          // Convert the string input to BigInteger        BigInteger a            = new BigInteger(input1);        BigInteger b            = new BigInteger(input2);          // Using divide() method        div = a.divide(b);          // Display the result in BigInteger        System.out.println("The division of\n"                           + a + " \nby\n" + b + " "                           + "\nis\n" + div);    }} |
Output:
The division of 400000000000000000000000000000000000 by 8000000 is 50000000000000000000000000000
Example 2: To demonstrate how it rounds off the result
// Java program to demonstrate// divide() method of BigInteger  import java.math.BigInteger;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // BigInteger object to store result        BigInteger div;          // Two objects of String created        // Holds the values to calculate the division        String input1 = "456216545";          String input2 = "21255132";          // Convert the string input to BigInteger        BigInteger a            = new BigInteger(input1);        BigInteger b            = new BigInteger(input2);          // Using divide() method        div = a.divide(b);          // Display the result in BigInteger        System.out.println("The division of\n"                           + a + " \nby\n" + b + " "                           + "\nis " + div);          double d = Double.parseDouble(input1)                   / Double.parseDouble(input2);          // Display result in double type        // To match both the results        System.out.print("Using double result is " + d);    }} |
Output:
The division of 456216545 by 21255132 is 21 Using double result is 21.46383024109189
Example 3: To demonstrate Exception thrown when divided by 0
// Java program to demonstrate// divide() method of BigInteger  import java.math.BigInteger;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // BigInteger object to store result        BigInteger div;          // Two objects of String created        // Holds the values to calculate the division        String input1 = "456216545"                        + "452133155";          String input2 = "0";          // Convert the string input to BigInteger        BigInteger a            = new BigInteger(input1);        BigInteger b            = new BigInteger(input2);          // Using divide() method        try {            div = a.divide(b);              // Display the result in BigInteger            System.out.println("The division of\n"                               + a + " \nby\n" + b + " "                               + "\nis\n" + div + "\n");        }        catch (ArithmeticException e) {            System.out.println(e);        }    }} |
Output:
java.lang.ArithmeticException: BigInteger divide by zero
