# ldivide

Left division, .\ operator.

## Syntax

* C = ldivide(A, B)
* C = A .\ B

## Input argument

* A - a variable
* B - a variable

## Output argument

* C - result of A .\ B

## Description

**C = ldivide(A, B)** returns the element-by-element left division of A and B.

## Examples

```matlab
B = ones(3, 4)
A = B *2
A .\ B
```

```matlab
B = 2
A = B *2
A .\ B
```

## See also

[rdivide](rdivide), [mldivide](mldivide).

## History

| Version | Description     |
| ------- | --------------- |
| 1.0.0   | initial version |

## Author

Allan CORNET
