This thing called MOD

[Thomas Nyman]

Hi All

I'm a bit perplexed..perhaps its a language thing,,but

the MYSQL reference manual says that

MOD
..Returns the remainder of N divided by M...
and gives an example SELECT MOD(234,10)
                     --> 4
This I do not understand. remainder of N divided by M - isn't that 
simply division?

I mean 234 divided by 10 does not equal 4

On my own machine..if I do SELECT MOD(23,6) I would expect 3,8333 as the 
result and not 5.

SInce MOD is returning something other than I expect there must be 
something I am missing....in other words...what is MOD returning??

Thomas

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