... types work in a real Java program,
check out the code in Listings 19- 8 and 19- 9.
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import static java. lang.System.out;
class ...
getInterest is
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... different programming languages. OOP started in
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the ... the time you read Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies,
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The download page has a big table with the wor...
... whole number, and without whole
numbers, the remainder operator isn’t very
useful. For example, the value of
1.38 % 0.25
is 0.1 299 999 999 999 999 . All those nines are
tough to work with.
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