What does a double division sign do?
d8> 3//2
3
d8> 3//10
3
d8> 10//3
10
d8> 1000//6
1000
Why does it just return the dividend every time?
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4This question appears to be off-topic because it is self-evident. – Evan Davis Jun 24 '14 at 15:59
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2It's a [comment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Lexical_grammar#Comments). – gen_Eric Jun 24 '14 at 15:59
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2possible duplicate of [What does the double slash mean in JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8143477/what-does-the-double-slash-mean-in-javascript) – Paul Roub Jun 24 '14 at 15:59
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@Mathletics: hilarious. – Rob W Jun 24 '14 at 16:00
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1Given that [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1642028/what-is-the-name-of-this-operator) is the highest-voted question in the `C` tag, I don't think this is terrible... – Patrick Collins Jun 24 '14 at 16:00
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2How did you manage to type in these four examples without noticing the pattern? – Kijewski Jun 24 '14 at 16:00
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@Kay Hint: It's how I got the answer. Hahaha. – Joseph Jun 24 '14 at 16:01
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2@PatrickCollins: voters in the C tag being awful doesn't make this question any better. – Wooble Jun 24 '14 at 16:02
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@Kay Because I was using a terminal, which doesn't do syntax highlighting – goodcow Jun 24 '14 at 16:02
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Nothing. It's a line comment. It disregards the // and everything after it.
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6@goodcow We all are at some point in time. And we become awesome at another point as well. :D – Joseph Jun 24 '14 at 15:59