Oct 2, 2024 · That is the modulo operator, which finds the remainder of division of one number by another. So in this case a will be the remainder of b divided by c.

In some programming languages, I see (ex.): x := y What is this := operator generally called and what does it do?

Aug 31, 2009 · What you're really asking is "how do compilers work?" - operators are one kind of token a compiler has to parse, and not fundamentally different from other kinds of tokens like …

Jul 8, 2013 · Modulus operator gives you the result in 'reduced residue system'. For example for mod 5 there are 5 integers counted: 0,1,2,3,4. In fact 19=12=5=-2=-9 (mod 7). The main …

Feb 25, 2013 · It has been conjectured that the vertical line character was introduced to the area of computing with the Backus-Naur Form metalanguage for describing programming …

Jan 17, 2020 · The ~ operator in C++ (and other C-like languages like C and Java) performs a bitwise NOT operation - all the 1 bits in the operand are set to 0 and all the 0 bits in the …

^ is the Python bitwise XOR operator. It is how you spell XOR in python: >>> 0 ^ 0 0 >>> 0 ^ 1 1 >>> 1 ^ 0 1 >>> 1 ^ 1 0 XOR stands for exclusive OR. It is used in cryptography because it …

Feb 3, 2011 · ? is the first symbol of the ?: conditional operator. a = (b==0) ? 1 : 0; a will have the value 1 if b is equal to 0, and 0 otherwise.

Dec 10, 2019 · However, unfortunately, according the the standard, dereferencing an invalid pointer is an undefined behaviour (with a few exceptions), even if you don't try to touch the …

Mar 17, 2011 · In computer programming languages, the equals sign typically denotes either a boolean operator to test equality of values (e.g. as in Pascal or Eiffel), which is consistent with …