Many programming languages have a modulus operator, which allows you to calculate the remainder left over after a division. If I remember correctly, COBOL actually used the word REMAINDER to allow you to do this. In Java, you use the percent symbol as shown below:
UBUNTU > cat prog26.java
public class prog26
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
System.out.println
("17/5 = " + (int) 17/5 + " remainder " + 17%3);
System.out.println
("15/2 = " + (int) 15/2 + " remainder " + 15%2);
}
}
UBUNTU > javac prog26.java
UBUNTU > java prog26
17/5 = 3 remainder 2
15/2 = 7 remainder 1
UBUNTU >
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