From: dmcnulty@... (Dan McNulty)
Date: 2002-03-01T04:38:47+09:00
Subject: Correct use of % (modulus) operator?

Coming from a C background, I expected "%" to yield a remainder.

But the code:
print "4 mod 2: ", 4.0 % 2.0, "\n"
print "5 mod 2: ", 5.0 % 2.0, "\n"

gives me:
4 mod 2: 0.0
5 mod 2: 1.0

I was expecting a result of "0.5" for 5 % 2, as 5.0 / 2.0 = 2.5

This isn't covered very well in the books I have, nor can I find much
on the 'net.  I obviously have missed something rather fundamental.

-- Dan