What is modulus operator % in java ?
Answer : % is arithmatic modulus operator. When used it returns the remainder of the division operation. It can be applied to integer types and floating-point types as well. Please see example below of modulus (%) operator:
package com.javahonk.modulustest; public class ModulusTest { public static void main(String[] args) { int x = 26; double y = 26.54; System.out.println("x mod 10 = " + x % 10); System.out.println("y mod 10 = " + y % 10); } }
Output:
List of arithmetic operators:
| Result | Operator |
| Addition | + |
| Subtraction (also unary minus) | – |
| Multiplication | * |
| Division | / |
| Modulus | % |
| Increment | ++ |
| Addition assignment | += |
| Subtraction assignment | –= |
| Multiplication assignment | *= |
| Division assignment | /= |
| Modulus assignment | %= |
| Decrement | – – |
