Exercise 05-26:
Write a program that calculates the rest of the integer division between two numbers. Use only the addition and subtraction operations to calculate the result.
Answer:
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# File: chapter 05/exercise-05-26.py.py
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# Note: this exercise is very similar to exercise 5.08
dividend = int(input("Dividend: "))
divisor = int(input("Divisor: "))
quotient = 0
x = dividend
while x >= divisor:
x = x - divisor
quotient = quotient + 1
remainder = x
print(f"The remainder of {dividend} / {divisor} is {remainder}")