How to identify a given positive decimal number as even/odd without using % or / operator ?

A plain trap, even for those experienced people. You may be very good at coding,but if you questioning how on earth you could solve this problem.Then here is a solution. If you remember the good old days of our primary school then the solution is easy,"division is a matter of iterative subtraction".

public class TestEvenOdd {

public static void main(String arg[]){

int num=6;

int result=num;

while(result>=2){

result=result-2;

}

if(result==1){

System.out.println("The number is odd");

}else{

System.out.print("The number is even");

}

}

}