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Marcelo Sandoval
2,055 PointsWhat is the remainder operand? That was covered yet.
That was covered yet.
2 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsThe remainder operator, also commonly known as the modulo operator in other languages is: %.
And it is used in the same way you would other operators like +,-, etc.
So "5 % 2" for example would compute the remainder of dividing 5 by 2.
Marcelo Sandoval
2,055 PointsGot it...makes sense. Thank you.
Marcelo Sandoval
2,055 PointsMarcelo Sandoval
2,055 PointsThank you. Why does 3 % 7 result in 3? Per the code challenge.
andren
28,558 Pointsandren
28,558 PointsWhen doing integer division (ignoring decimals) 3 / 7 would be 0. the difference (remainder) between 0 and 3 is 3. So 3 is the remainder of that operation.
This essentially means that any modulo operation where the first number is lower than the second will result in a remainder equal to the first number.
etc.