4 mod 6 = 4? 4 mod 8 = 4?

[person]

4 mod 6 = 4? 4 mod 8 = 4?
y does this happen?
i though mod returned a remainder

[md]

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 google.

[basketball4ever]

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]

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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]

yea got it ~!~!~!
4 mod [anything greater than 4] = 4

its the other way around if you want to find the remainder. xD

[Viper]

if your jus trying to divide its probably easier to us div (not recommended for int)

[Bacchus]

div works with int and it probably the best to use cause it rounds it to closes integer, / on the other hand doesnt

[Cervantes]

Bacchus wrote:

div works with int and it probably the best to use cause it rounds it to closes integer, / on the other hand doesnt

Careful:

Turing Help Reference wrote:

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.

Turing:

put 5 / 3 put 5 div 3

[Bacchus]

ok so it rounds down

[bugzpodder]

whats

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5 mod -2
-5 mod -2