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Revision as of 12:22, 30 June 2006
a % b
Operand types:
a: Number
b: Number
Type of returned value:
Description:
Remainder, of a divided by b.
Notes:
(1) Remainder is calculated in real domain.
(2) % is identical to mod
Example:
4.5 % 3 ..........Result is 1.5
Comments
You can use % to round a decimal number down to the nearest whole number.
For example:
If you wanted to use the command random to generate a whole number between 0 and 5, you could put this in a script:-
_rand = random 6
_num = _rand - (_rand % 1)