Mark Wickens

MOD

Purpose

Returns the remainder of integer division.

Format

( number ) MOD ( divisor )
  └──┬─┘         └──┬──┘ 
  Numeric         Numeric
 expression      expression

Example

X = -15 MOD 7 

Parameters

• the values used within the MOD operator are limited to the range of -32768 through 32767, and the fractional part of non-integer values is truncated.

Explanation

the values are converted to their absolute values before division is performed. The sign assigned to the result of the MOD operation is the sign of the dividend.

Sample Program

10  INPUT "NUMBER"; N
20  INPUT "DIVISOR"; D
30  R=N MOD D
40  PRINT "RESULT="; R
50  END

Shows the remainder of a division between two number.