What Does the Percent Sign Mean

Percent — % The percent sign is most commonly used to indicate nonexecutable text within the body of a program. This text is normally used to include comments in your code. Some functions also interpret the percent sign as a conversion specifier.

What does the percent sign mean in code?

Percent — % The percent sign is most commonly used to indicate nonexecutable text within the body of a program. This text is normally used to include comments in your code. Some functions also interpret the percent sign as a conversion specifier.

How do you use percent sign?

On the keyboard. The percent sign ( % ) is made on most American keyboards by holding the SHIFT key and pressing the number 5 on the top number line. The percent sign can also be made by choosing INSERT SYMBOL and selecting the % sign.