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How does Modulo work?
Hello everyone,
Could someone explain to me how the modulo works. I understand that 6%3=0 because 6/3=2.0 with no remainder.
But I don't understand that 3%6=3 because 3/6=0.5
Is this because 0.5 is not an int and so it gets 0? So 0 * 6 = 0 and it leaves 3? I have no idea how to read this.
I hope someone can help me out with this
Thank you
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Re: How does Modulo work?
modulo gets the remainder.
It can be read as what is the remainder of 3/6? The answer is 3.
Re: How does Modulo work?
Thank you for your reply.Originally Posted by helloworld922
Now what is the remainder of 2/18? The answer is 16 with your way of looking at it right? But the correct answer is 2.
I know it is a silly question, but I really need more theory than that single line you gave me.
Re: How does Modulo work?
Wrong. With "his way of looking at it", the answer is 2. How many times does 18 go into 2? Zero times, with a remainder of 2. Exactly how 6 goes into 3 zero times with a remainder of 3.
Then you should have thrown together a test program that ran some more examples, or did more division by hand. For example, when you say 3/6 is .5, how are you arriving at that answer?
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