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-```liquid -{% raw %} -{{ 4 | divided_by: 2 }} -{% endraw %} -``` - -Output
-```text -{{ 4 | divided_by: 2 }} -``` - -Input
-```liquid {% raw %} +``` liquid {{ 16 | divided_by: 4 }} -{% endraw %} ``` +{% endraw %}Output
-```text +``` text {{ 16 | divided_by: 4 }} ```Input
-```liquid {% raw %} +``` liquid {{ 5 | divided_by: 3 }} -{% endraw %} ``` +{% endraw %}Output
-```text +``` text {{ 5 | divided_by: 3 }} ``` + +### Controlling rounding + +`divided_by` produces a result of the same type as the divisor — that is, if you divide by an integer, the result will be an integer. If you divide by a float (a number with a decimal in it), the result will be a float. + +For example, here the divisor is an integer: + +Input
+{% raw %} +``` liquid +{{ 20 | divided_by: 7 }} +``` +{% endraw %} + +Output
+``` text +{{ 20 | divided_by: 7 }} +``` + +Here it is a float: + +Input
+{% raw %} +``` liquid +{{ 20 | divided_by: 7.0 }} +``` +{% endraw %} + +Output
+``` text +{{ 20 | divided_by: 7.0 }} +``` + +### Changing variable types + +You might want to use a variable as a divisor, in which case you can't simply add `.0` to convert it to a float. In these cases, you can `assign` a version of your variable converted to a float using the `times` filter. + +In this example, we're dividing by a variable that contains an integer, so we get an integer: + +Input
+{% raw %} +``` liquid +{% assign my_integer = 7 %} +{{ 20 | divided_by: my_integer }} +``` +{% endraw %} + +Output
+``` text +{% assign my_integer = 7 %} +{{ 20 | divided_by: my_integer }} +``` + +Here, we [multiply]({{ site.baseurl}}/filters/times) the variable by `1.0` to get a float, then divide by the float instead: + +Input
+{% raw %} +``` liquid +{% assign my_integer = 7 %} +{% assign my_float = my_integer | times: 1.0 %} +{{ 20 | divided_by: my_float }} +``` +{% endraw %} + +Output
+``` text +{% assign my_integer = 7 %} +{% assign my_float = my_integer | times: 1.0 %} +{{ 20 | divided_by: my_float }} +```