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Example of while loop: division trough repeated subtraction

int dividend, divisor, result, rest;

dividend = ...;
divisor = ...;

result = 0;
rest = dividend;
while (rest >= divisor) {
  rest = rest - divisor;
  result++;
}
System.out.println("result = " + result);
System.out.println("rest =   " + rest);


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