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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform Order of Operations

Posted by candice liu
candice liu
1,072 Points

how to do 8%5?

what is the role do do this

4 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

8%5 is the remainder from the division of 8 by 5.

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

modulo is used for finding the number is odd or even. Or to do that funny fizzbizz question.

robbiebaker
robbiebaker
1,431 Points
robbiebaker
robbiebaker
1,431 Points

If you do 8%5(8 mod 5) it should be 3 since that is the final amount left over after 8/5.

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
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Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

8%5 is the same as 8-(5*floor(8.0/5.0))