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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Operators Working With Operators

Mahmoud Rajabzadeh-Mashhadi
Mahmoud Rajabzadeh-Mashhadi
489 Points

Operators

What is the symbol between 400 and 10? Thanks.

operators.swift
// Enter your code below
let value = 200
let divisor = 5

let someOperation = 20 + 400 % 10 / 2 - 15
let anotherOperation = 52 * 27 % 200 / 2 + 5

// Task 1 - Enter your code below
let result = value/divisor

// Task 2 - Enter your code below
let PerfectMultiple = 

1 Answer

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
22,159 Points

That is a modulo symbol. It means "return me what is left after I do the divide operation". So 400 % 10 returns zero, because 10 divides 40 times into 400 and leaves no remainder.

402 % 10 would return 2 because of that remainder of 2 being left over.

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