Modulus Operator (%)

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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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