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kurtan bert
Courses Plus Student 213 PointsC# Basics match questions. Can't understand what you do with the % in the math question.
8 * 7 + 8 % 5 + 6 / 2 = ????
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,210 PointsThat's the modulus operator.
Also called "modulo" or "remainder", the modulus operator performs a division operation but instead of returning the result it returns the remainder. For example, 12 % 7 = 5 because if you divide 12 by 7 the result is 1 but you have 5 left over. For expression evaluation, it has the same precedence as the multiply and divide operators.
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! The % sign is used as the modulus/modulo operator. This operator returns the remainder of the division of the 2 numbers. For example, in this case, the 8 % 5 would return a 3. This is because 8 is divisible by 5 with a remainder of 3. Eight divided by five is equal to 1 and 3/5. The three here is the remainder.
Hope this helps!
kurtan bert
Courses Plus Student 213 PointsOk thanks I understand now