Solved How does one figure out how many times one has to add a short to get the value of another short?

How does one figure out how many times one has to add a short to get the value of another short?

I know, I know, it's a weirdly phrased question. But in more specifics without all the primitive types of Java...

Basically, I have a short x, which we'll use the placeholder 7 for. I also have a short y, which I'll say is the number 5. And then, I have a short z, which I'll say is 236.

Now, what I want to do, is get an integer that counts how many times I have to add the number y (5) to the number x (7) to get to the maximum value of z (236).

Obviously, I could do that somewhat with a pencil and paper right now, but what I need is something that I can input the 3 values and it will give me the integer as the output - the number of times I have to add the value y to the number x to get to the maximum value of z.

If you still don't understand what I'm doing, then a more visual example is:

(Y * someint) + X = Z How would I get to someint?

 

I don't really know what you want to do, but maybe you could do a loop like this:

Code:java

for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
 
if((Y * i) + X == Z) {
 
return i;
 
}
}

 

Basic algebra:
(Y * someint) + X = Z
Y * someint = Z - X
someint = (Z - X) / Y

 

Ack, and I just finished Algebra 2. Cheers!