Basic Java Language: Difference between revisions
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Subtraction, multiplication, and division, you have seen before, but the modulus operator is much less commonly used. Actually, it is commonly used, but it known under a different name, the remainder. Nine divided by four gives a remainder of one, so therefore 9 mod 4 evaluates to 1. | Subtraction, multiplication, and division, you have seen before, but the modulus operator is much less commonly used. Actually, it is commonly used, but it known under a different name, the remainder. Nine divided by four gives a remainder of one, so therefore 9%4 (pronounced "9 mod 4") evaluates to 1. | ||
When more than one of the operators are used at once, for example: | When more than one of the operators are used at once, for example: | ||