[java] what does the '%' identifier do?

% is an operator, not an identifier. It is, in fact, an arithmetic operator called the modulus operator; it returns the remainder of an integer division (i.e. 10/3=3, 10%3=1). One very simple and common application is to check whether a number is odd or even; if(n%2 == 0), it is even; else it is odd.

% is the modulus operator. If you don''t know about modular arithmetic, basically its just a remainder. Ex: 137 % 10 would be 7, since 137 / 10 = 13 remainder 7.

The thing with the String is that Java automatically converts numbers to a String if they are added to a String. So:

x="My ";
x+=1;
System.out.println("x="+x);

gives you:

x=My 1

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Original post by CaptainJester
The thing with the String is that Java automatically converts numbers to a String if they are added to a String.

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And they say Java has no operator overloading

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The listed code should fill a string with the digits of the number in reverse order. Any number modulus 10 will return the digit in the ones place. Think about it for a while and it should make sense.

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Original post by Arild Fines
And they say Java has no operator overloading

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Very little. The main thing is that programmers cannot create their own overloaded operations.

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The problems of this world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men and women who can dream of things that never were. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy(35th US President)

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