On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 21:35, Brian <brian5432...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: snip > LOL, I didn't understand any of that. :-) > Apart from the last sentence ;-) snip
Think of a clock, they hands can go around as many times as you like but they can never point to anything higher than 12. Modulus works the same way, the second value acts as a cap: 0 % 4 = 0 1 % 4 = 1 2 % 4 = 2 3 % 4 = 3 4 % 4 = 0 5 % 4 = 1 6 % 4 = 2 7 % 4 = 3 8 % 4 = 0 It is really the remainder of the division: 7/4 = 1 plus a remainder of 3. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
