Arithmetic Divide operator / returns the Quotient while Arithmetic modulus operator % returns the Remainder. What can be the reason when divide operator is used, it returns 0 value and modulus operator % returns 1. The expression is 1/10 and 1%10.
Like you said modulus is returning the remaining of a division.
As example:
1 % 10 = 0 R 1 <- This is the value Java returns
15 % 10 = 1 R 5 <- Here it returns 5 because it couldn't divide anymore
And 1 / 10 returns 0 because you are only using Integers. If you doesn't use a floating point number it doesn't return one and rounds down the result.
So if you want a floating point number you will need something like that:
System.out.println(1 / 10); // -> 0
System.out.println((float) 1 / 10); // -> 0.1 //You can also use double for casting
System.out.println(1.0 / 10); // -> 0.1
System.out.println(1 / 10.0); // -> 0.1
System.out.println(1.0 / 10.0); // -> 0.1
Well, It has nothing to do with coding. We can simply understand it by solving basic maths. As we know:
Dividend / Divisor == > we get 2 Answers
Quotient and Remainder
If the Remainder is 0, the Dividend is completely divided by Divisor with parts of Quotient.
As in your suggested example, 1/10 actual Answer is 0.1 which is a float,
In your Java code, you must be looking for the integer value, which practically is not possible.
And obviously, 1%10 will give you 1, as 10 as divisor can not divide 1 as a dividend.
You can try it with a float variable. I hope you will get your expected results.
