From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp00@...>
Date: 2007-02-18T23:10:10+09:00
Subject: Re: modulus/division..

Derek Teixeira wrote:
> and for everyline i got "4" as the remainder.. but when i tried these
> with a calulator .. i only got 4 as a remainder for the 1000. when i did
> the 4/500 i got a .008 .. so shouldn't the % be an 8?

The remainder of divison has nothing to do with what would come after the
decimal point.
You can calculate x%y as follows: First you calculate x/y (cutting off
everything after the decimal point). Then you take this number and
substract it from x.
For example: 421/100==4  4*100==400 421%100==421-400==21
If y>x then x/y==0, so x%y==x.

HTH,
Sebastian Hungerecker
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