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clankill3r Full Member Offline Posts: 210 Netherlands	println(50%76800); = 50, why not 38400 May 13th, 2009, 12:27pm   println(50%76800); prints 50 to the console, I'm expecting 38400, why doesn't it do that? And how can I solve it?

ndef YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	Re: println(50%76800); = 50, why not 38400 Reply #1 - May 13th, 2009, 12:43pm   Can you explain why you're expecting 38400? The "%" sign performs a modulo operation which returns what would be the remainder of a division. (Look up modulo on Wikipedia if you have questions.) 50 / 76800 = 0R50, so the modulo will return 50.

ndef YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	Re: println(50%76800); = 50, why not 38400 Reply #2 - May 13th, 2009, 12:45pm   Oh, I think I see now what you're trying to do. Fifty percent of 76800, yes? Try converting the percentage to a decimal and multiplying. 50% of 76800 becomes 0.5 * 76800, which will give you 38400.

clankill3r Full Member Offline Posts: 210 Netherlands	Re: println(50%76800); = 50, why not 38400 Reply #3 - May 13th, 2009, 12:49pm   yes your second post   thx