Re: moduli

[Paul Kienzle]

rem.m uses:  x - y .* fix (x ./ y);
mod.m uses:  x - y .* floor (x./y);

Rem is distributed with octave, mod is part of octaveSF at 
sf.net/projects/octave.

Rem and mod are identical for positive x.  Mod is defined correctly for 
negative x.

Paul Kienzle
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 06:05:34PM -0700, Aaron Brick wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i'm suprised not to find a modulus operator or function (5 % 2 = 1). i can
> implement it in a function, but i don't know how to do it efficiently. what
> is standard procedure in octave?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> aaron.
> 
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