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Modulo operator

9%4 = 1

1%4 and the answer is 1

2%4 and the answer is 2

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Solution

  • The meaning of Mod is that you take the remainder after doing the division.

    1 fits zero times in 4, so the remainder is 1.

    Here the wikipedia definition that explains in a little more detail:

    In mathematics the result of the modulo operation is the remainder of an arithmetic division. As is well known, an arithmetic division of two integers produces a quotient and a remainder.