How would I go about making a function so that x has a range of values from x=0 to x=19 and if the x value exceeds 19 or is below zero how can I get it to wrap around
From:
x=20, x=21, x=22 and x=(-1), x=(-2), x=(-3)
To:
x=0, x=1, x=2 and x=19, x=18, x=17 respectively?
I've heard of modular arithmetic which is apparently the way I should deal with it.
Usually you would use the built-in functions mod and rem, but I assume they are off-limits for homework. So you can write your own function, e.g.
mod20 x | x < 0 = ...
| x > 19 = ...
| otherwise = x
There are different things you can try to fill in the ...s. One of the easiest is repeated addition or subtraction, but I don't want to spoil all the fun.
Once you have this function, you can "rescale" the values after every "normal" arithmetic operation, e.g. mod20 (12 + 17).