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Used to divide two numbers and return only the remainder.
result = number1 % number2
result
Any variable.
number1
Any numeric expression.
number2
Any numeric expression.
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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