In this post, I will be sharing the difference between / and % in Java. Both / and % are operators in Java. In simple words, / and % are mathematical operators and both have different use cases.

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Difference between / and % in Java

/ is known as division operator whereas % is known as modulus operator.

Syntax:


Division Operator:
 (operand1 / operand2)


Modulus Operator:
 (operand1 % operand2)


/ performs the division operation and returns results as quotient. On the other side, % returns the remainder from the division.
For example:
1. int quotient = 17/3
2. int remainder = 17%3
The first operator division results in 5 whereas the second operator modulus results in 2.

More examples:
 15%2=1(remainder) 15/2=7(quotient)

 25%5=0(remainder) 25/5=5(quotient)


Java Program Example

 public class DivisionModulusOperator {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      int num1 = 5;
      int num2 = 31;
      // Division operator
      int quotient =  num2 / num1;
      // Modulus operator
      int remainder = num2 % num1;
      // Printing the result
      System.out.println("num2/num1 = " + quotient);
      System.out.println("num2%num1 = " + remainder);
    }
}


Output:
num2/num1 = 6
num2%num1 = 1

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