Closed 12 years ago. How can I use modulo operator (%) in calculation of numbers for JavaScript projects?

Jun 5, 2014 · The short answer is that JavaScript has a "remainder" operator not a "modulo" operator (according to Douglas Crawford). For the full difference, here is a description of modulo vs remainder …

Jan 17, 2012 · It's a modulo operator. See this documentation or the specification for more information on JavaScript arithmetic operators. % (Modulus) The modulus operator is used as follows: var1 % …

Apr 16, 2014 · It's behaving correctly according to the way the language is specified (e.g. ECMA 262), where it's called the remainder operator rather than the modulus operator. From the spec: The result …

Jul 8, 2013 · The modulo operation returns the remainder or signed remainder of a division, after one number is divided by another, the latter being called the modulus of the operation. (source: wikipedia)

Jan 11, 2013 · I was wondering how JavaScript handles modulo. For example, what would JavaScript evaluate 47 % 8 as? I can’t seem to find any documentation on it, and my skills on modulo aren’t the …

In JavaScript, how do I get: The whole number of times a given integer goes into another? The remainder?

Oct 19, 2010 · Why does 49.90 % 0.10 in JavaScript return 0.09999999999999581? I expected it to be 0.

Dec 17, 2010 · essentially a duplicate of How does java do modulus calculations with negative numbers? even though this is a javascript question.

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