----------------------------------- person Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:30 pm 4 mod 6 = 4? 4 mod 8 = 4? ----------------------------------- 4 mod 6 = 4? 4 mod 8 = 4? y does this happen? i though mod returned a remainder ----------------------------------- md Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:09 pm ----------------------------------- er... perhaps because you are trying to get the remainder when 4 is divided by 6... which just so happens to be 4 as 4 is not divisible by 6... The same is true for 4 mod 8. If you are trying to get the remainder when 8 is divided by four then you should be using 8 mod 4. If you still don't understand what's going on (and this isn't much of a description i must admit...) then I would recoment the ever helpful [url=http://www.google.ca/]google. ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:12 pm ----------------------------------- do you understand mod??? mod finds you the remainder... since 4 isn't dividisble by 6 or 8... the remainder is going to be 4... its simple math. :? ----------------------------------- person Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:14 pm ----------------------------------- er... perhaps because you are trying to get the remainder when 4 is divided by 6... which just so happens to be 4 as 4 is not divisible by 6... The same is true for 4 mod 8. If you are trying to get the remainder when 8 is divided by four then you should be using 8 mod 4. thanx, i get it now ----------------------------------- typon Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:22 pm ----------------------------------- yea got it ~!~!~! 4 mod [anything greater than 4] = 4 its the other way around if you want to find the remainder. xD ----------------------------------- Viper Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:26 pm ----------------------------------- if your jus trying to divide its probably easier to us div (not recommended for int) ----------------------------------- Bacchus Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:11 pm ----------------------------------- div works with int and it probably the best to use cause it rounds it to closes integer, / on the other hand doesnt ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:00 am ----------------------------------- div works with int and it probably the best to use cause it rounds it to closes integer, / on the other hand doesnt Careful: The div operator divides one number by another and produces the integer result, truncated in the direction of zero. For example, 7 div 2 produces 3 and -7 div 2 produces -3. put 5 / 3 put 5 div 3 ----------------------------------- Bacchus Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:28 am ----------------------------------- ok so it rounds down :P ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:02 am ----------------------------------- whats 5 mod -2 -5 mod -2