## Operators

### Arithmetic operators

The arithmetic operators are addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/), integer division (\), modulus (Mod), negation (-) and exponentiation (^). Arithmetic operators are used to combine numbers, numeric variables, numeric fields and numeric functions to get another number.

##### Examples

    'Outstanding preferred stock as a percent of
    'common stock
    formula = ({Financials.Preferred Stock} / _
               {Financials.Common Stock}) * 100
    'The square root of 9, Sqr(9), is 3.
    'The formula returns 17.
    formula =  7 + 2 * 3 - 2 + Sqr(6 + 3) * Len("up")

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