Modulus Operator (%)

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Microsoft® JScript® % Operator  Language Reference 
Version 1 

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Description
Divides two numbers and returns the remainder.
Syntax
result = number1 % number2

The % operator syntax has these parts:

Part Description
result Any variable.
number1 Any numeric expression.
number2 Any numeric expression.

Remarks
The modulus, or remainder, operator divides number1 by number2 (rounding floating-point numbers to integers) and returns only the remainder as result. For example, in the following expression, A (which is result) equals 5. 
A = 19 % 6.7
For information on when a run-time error is generated by the % operator, see the Operator Behavior table.

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