If I hear "% is a mathematical operator" one more time...

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• OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not being funny but it can be both. 

  Square root is an operator that maps a number to the positive number that when squared returns the original number, but there is also a square root symbol. 

  Similarly, % can be an operator that maps a number x to x/100, but there’s also a percent symbol.

  It just depends if you’re talking about functions or fonts.

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  • JayleneSlide@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Let’s not forget that it’s also the symbol for modulo operation. So many opportunities for ambiguity!

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• azi@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Let the operator m be such that x m = (1 metre)x

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• bryndos@fedia.io ⁨58⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  5 % 2 = 1

  Freaking hell even ddg search gives that answer.

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