Can someone explain how the % thing works

Question

Can someone explain how the % thing works

Answer 1

I found this hard to learn. It's important though. These answers are helpful! I finally fired up Python and just started throwing modulus examples at it...might be helpful for some people to do that..

Answer 2

% or Modulo works by returning the remainder of division between 2 numbers. For example. x= 3%2, so x = 1 three divided by two leaves a remainder of one. Modulo returns the remainder only. remember that. Also Modulo only works with whole int numbers not floats. otherwise there would be no remainder

Answer 3

Worth to add that it might be working somewhat counterintuitively for negative numbers:

19 % 5 = 4
-19 % 5 = 1
-19 % -5 = -4
19 % -5 = -1