% modulus

Description

Returns the decimal part (remainder) of the quotient.

Syntax

A % B

A

Any expression evaluating to a numeric type.

B

Any expression evaluating to a numeric type.

Return Value

According to coercion rules.

Time Complexity

#TODO

Example

>>> 5 % 2
1
>>> 4.7 % 1
0.7000000000000002 # if curious how come read up on floating point numbers implementation
>>> (1+2j) % 1
2j

See also

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