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Hello,
I am hoping someone can show me how to do this:
I'm stuck on this problem and can't get it to work :(
(While loop with counter control repetition) - Starting from number 100 count down to 1, using a while loop and a decrement operator. As your program counts down, every time you find a number that is exactly divisible by 9 (no remainder), print a line containing the number and the result (quotient) of the division.
ANY help is much appreciated.
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The while and do-while Statements (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)
this for-loop starts at 100 and decrements 'i' each run until i=1
Code:// i-- means decrement i
// usually we go upwards like this: for (int i=1; i<=100; i++)
for (int i=100; i>=1; i--) {
//code goes here
}
as for checking if a number is wholly divisible by another number, you can use the MOD operator (% sign). MOD gives you the remainder from integer division. in integer division, if you make a calculation like this:
Code:int cake = 50;
int thirdCake = cake/3;
//because integers are whole numbers they cannot store anything past the decimal point,
//therefore thirdCake = 50/3 = 16, leaving the remaining .667
int remainderCake = cake%3
// 50%3 = 2, which makes sense because 16*3 = 48 leaving a remainder of 2.
Back to the point, checking if a number is divisible by 9 means that checking there is NO REMAINDER after you divide by 9, i.e.
Code:if (number%9 == 0) {
//number is divisible by 9
} else {
//there is a remainder
}
hope this helps..