The mathematical operation modulo determines the remainder on dividing a number n
by another number k
. The result of n
modulo k
thus lies in the interval between 0 and k-1
.
Example:
0 modulo 3 = 0 | 1 modulo 3 = 1 | 2 modulo 3 = 2 |
3 modulo 3 = 0 | 4 modulo 3 = 1 | 5 modulo 3 = 2 |
6 modulo 3 = 0 | ... |