This is because in JavaScript % is the "remainder" operator while in Python it is the "modulus" (clock math) operator. You can get the explanation directly from GvR: Edit - dahiya_boy In …

What does modulo in the following piece of code do? from math import * 3.14 % 2 * pi How do we calculate modulo on a floating point number?

Oct 7, 2010 · Exactly how does the % operator work in Python, particularly when negative numbers are involved? For example, why does -5 % 4 evaluate to 3, rather than, say, -1?

Jul 8, 2013 · Modulus operator gives you the result in 'reduced residue system'. For example for there are 5 integers counted: 0,1,2,3,4. In fact . The main difference that the answer is given …

Note that the modulo operator always returns a positive number, so for negative numbers it might not be what you would expect when talking about the remainder: -10 % 3 == 2. However a/b*b …

Feb 8, 2013 · Can anyone explain how the modulo operator works in Python? I cannot understand why 3.5 % 0.1 = 0.1.

Python has a "true" modulo operation, while C has a remainder operation. It has a direct relation with how the negative integer division is handled, i.e. rounded towards 0 or minus infinite. …

Jun 13, 2009 · I don't think you're fully grasping modulo. a % b and a mod b are just two different ways to express modulo. In this case, python uses %. No, 15 mod 4 is not 1, 15 % 4 == 15 …

Jan 19, 2011 · What the % in python actually is is a modulus operator where x % y gives the remainder of x / y. In this case, what happened was that 75 / 4 is 18, with a remainder of 3, …

May 9, 2019 · I am new to programming, and I chose to learn Python, and I came across this operator (%) called modulus, but I don't understand it, can some explain it to me in more detail!