clojure.core/rem

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Type: function Added: Clojure 1.0 Examples: 2 Runnable: 2

([num div])

remainder of dividing numerator by denominator.

Examples

by dpritchett on 2010-07-14 ▶

(rem 10 9) 1 (rem 2 2) 0

by OnesimusUnbound on 2011-08-24 ▶

;; rem and mod are commonly used to get the remainder. ;; mod means Knuth's mod (truncating towards negativity). ;; rem implements ANSI C's % operator ;; Absolute value stays the same, always the distance ;; towards zero. ;; sign depends on dividend. (rem -10 3) -1 (rem 10 -3) 1 (rem -10 -3) -1 (rem 10 3) 1 (mod -10 3) 2 (mod 10 -3) -2 (mod -10 -3) -1

See also

• clojure.core/quot (1)
• clojure.core/mod (3)

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