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November 28, 2007
Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...
Q:
What's the difference between % and /?
A:
/ returns the result of a division
% returns the remainder when you do a division.
Divide 18 by 7 you get 2, with a remainder of 4 (i.e. 4 left over).
so 18/7 give 2, and 18%7 gives 4.
Posted by gje at November 28, 2007 02:47 PM