| Calling Sequence | mod(x,y)
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| Return Type | numeric | ||||||||||||
| Synopsis | This function computes the function x (mod y) i.e. it returns the integer remainder after dividing y into x. Note: if x or y are so large that they cannot be represented exactly as integers in a double precision number, the results may be wrong. | ||||||||||||
| Examples | > mod(5,2); 1 > mod(99,1); 0 > mod(-3,2); 1 | ||||||||||||
| See also | ceil, floor, round, trunc | ||||||||||||