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 % …

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

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 …

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 …

Dec 17, 2010 · 42 The % operator in JavaScript is the remainder operator, not the modulo operator (the main difference being in how negative numbers are treated): -1 % 8 // -1, not 7

May 3, 2016 · FYI, the % operator is the same (or at least very similar) in Javascript as it is in Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Perl, and doubtless other languages as well. I think C was the first to use it as the …

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)

Oct 19, 2010 · Why does modulus operator return fractional number in javascript? [duplicate] Asked 15 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 5 months ago Viewed 48k times

Jan 11, 2013 · This answer is incorrect in that modulo is not the same as remainder, JavaScript does indeed use % for remainder not modulo. This is not exactly the same as every other language: many …

Jun 22, 2015 · If two numbers b and c have the property that their difference b-c is integrally divisible by a number m (i.e., (b-c)/m is an integer), then b and c are said to be "congruent modulo m." The …