From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2009-03-20T11:54:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Modulo ?

On Mar 19, 5:15 pm, Michael Malone <michael.mal...@tait.co.nz> wrote:
> Sorry for confusing everyone here, I just know of a particular case
> where 0%7 = 7 was assumed.

This is confusing. As in 0%7 = 7 is very confusing.

A mod B shouldn't have a result that's equal to or greater than B. If
that happens, you take a B out until you can't anymore. The remainder
when A is divided by B is the same thing. If you end up with something
greater than B, you stopped too soon.

As John W. Kennedy pointed out, the difference between modulo and a
simple remainder comes up when dealing with negative numbers.

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-yossef