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MOD Function

The MOD function returns an integer value that is argument-1 modulo argument-2. The type of this function is integer.

Usage

FUNCTION MOD (argument-1 argument-2)

Parameters

1. Argument-1 and argument-2 must be integers.

2. The value of argument-2 must not be zero.

Returned Values

1. The returned value is argument-1 modulo argument-2. The returned value is defined as:

argument-1 - (argument-2 * FUNCTION INTEGER (argument-1 / argument-2))

2. The following illustrates the expected results for some values of argument-1 and argument-2:

Argument-1
Argument-2
Argument-2
Return
11
5
5
1
-11
5
5
4
11
-5
-5
-4
-11
-5
-5
-1