What Does Arithmetic Operators Mean?

Techopedia Explains Arithmetic Operators

    • : used to perform multiplication of operands of integer, floating-point and decimal type. It returns a multiplicative product of the two operands.
  • / : used to divide operands of integer, floating-point and decimal type. It returns the quotient of its operands.
  • % : used to compute the remainder of the division between two operands, which can beof integer, float, double or decimal type.
    • : used with different types of operands, resulting in different type of results. In case of numeric and enumeration types, the predefined addition operator calculates the sum of two operands, while the use of string type operand results in a concatenated string. It can also be used to combine delegates of a similar type.
    • : used with all numeric types like integer, float, decimal and enumeration to calculate the difference between its operands. It can also be used to remove delegates of a similar type.