Binary Arithmetic Operators

Material prepared from M Programming Book [WALTERS1997]

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Binary Arithmetic Operators allow you to perform basic mathematical operations between two number values. There exist seven distinct arithmetical operations within MUMPS.

Operator	Title	Example	Value
+	Addition	2+2	5
-	Subtraction	42-37	5
*	Multiplication	7*6	42
**	Exponentiation	6**2	36
/	Fractional division	9/2	4.5
\	Integer division	9\2	4
#	Modulo	9#2	1