Division by Zero

The program attempted to divide an integer or float by zero during execution.

Why this error occurs

A denominator variable evaluates to 0 in a division (/), integer floor division, or modulo (%) operation.

Incorrect Code

let items = 0
let average = total / items // runtime error: division by zero

Corrected Code

let items = 0
let average = 0.0
if items > 0:
    average = total / items
else:
    print("No items to compute average")

1Add guard checks ('if denominator != 0:') before performing division or modulo.
2Check data normalization pipelines to ensure sample counts are greater than zero.

$ nextviper run <file.nv>$ nextviper test