Use values to calculate answers and compare one value with another.
An operator tells the computer to do something with one or more values. Some operators calculate a new value. Others ask a yes-or-no question about values.
For example, + adds numbers. MODULUS gives the remainder after division. GREATER THAN asks whether one value is larger than another.
We can describe the calculations and comparisons without worrying about language-specific punctuation.
CREATE total AS 8 + 4
CREATE remainder AS 10 MODULUS 3
CREATE isHighScore AS total GREATER THAN 10
SHOW total
SHOW remainder
SHOW isHighScorePython uses % for modulus and > for greater than.
total = 8 + 4
remainder = 10 % 3
isHighScore = total > 10
print(total)
print(remainder)
print(isHighScore)JavaScript uses the same % and > symbols for these operations.
const total = 8 + 4;
const remainder = 10 % 3;
const isHighScore = total > 10;
console.log(total);
console.log(remainder);
console.log(isHighScore);C# stores the comparison result in a bool.
int total = 8 + 4;
int remainder = 10 % 3;
bool isHighScore = total > 10;
Console.WriteLine(total);
Console.WriteLine(remainder);
Console.WriteLine(isHighScore);Java uses boolean for a true-or-false value.
int total = 8 + 4;
int remainder = 10 % 3;
boolean isHighScore = total > 10;
System.out.println(total);
System.out.println(remainder);
System.out.println(isHighScore);C++ uses bool for the comparison result.
int total = 8 + 4;
int remainder = 10 % 3;
bool isHighScore = total > 10;
std::cout << total << '\n';
std::cout << remainder << '\n';
std::cout << std::boolalpha << isHighScore << '\n';