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• EvokerKing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Explanation: the percent is modulus. Basically it’s just divide the first number by the second and return the remainder. If you do number % 2, it will return 1 if it is odd and 0 if it is even. For example 4/2 has a remainder of 0 and therefore is even. 3/2 has a remainder of 1, and therefore is odd.

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  • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sorry I should’ve put the /s. I was just playing. But thank you for the helpful explanation, nonetheless.

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• Clearwatermo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I like the example in the comment better. It is more confusing as to what is going on to an experienced dev like me. iSeven is always odd tho right?

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  • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I think you are on to something there. Personally, I just don’t see the advantage of using iSeven over iSix, though. I might start using iEight whenever they finally iron the kinks out of that one.

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• filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Readability over obscure hacks

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  • rustbuckett@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It’s not obscure. This is the example, with syntactic differences, for this problem in almost every programming book I’ve read. He just didn’t include newlines.

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    • mob@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      At this point, I really can’t tell who’s joking around or who’s being serious in this thread.

      Shits cracking me up though reading this all as serious discussion.

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      • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Hey now, this is a serious academic conversation about the 2 percent operator.

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