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The MOD Function

The MOD function returns an integer value that is argument-1 modulo argument-2. The type of this function is integer.

General Format


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Arguments

  1. Argument-1 and argument-2 must be integers.
  2. The value of argument-2 must not be zero.

Returned Values

  1. The returned value is argument-1 modulo argument-2. The returned value is defined as:

    argument-1 - (argument-2 * FUNCTION INTEGER (argument-1 / argument-2))

  2. The expected results for some values of argument-1 and argument-2 are as follows:
    Argument-1 Argument-2 Return
    11 5 1
    -11 5 4
    11 -5 -4
    -11 -5 -1
Parent topic: Definitions of Functions