Am I missing something embarrassingly obvious? What's wrong with "x
% y"? In my C reference manual, the "%" operator is even called the
"remainder operator".
-- Keith
>In mathematical terms, I believe the value of "x mod y" can be represented
>as "x - (x / y) * y", just make sure x and y are both integers.
>
>Regards,
>
>Alan Ingleby
>Systems Developer
>ProfitLink Consulting Pty Ltd
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>"Nicol·s Zeitlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:43717@palm-dev-forum...
>>
>> The "subject" speaks for itself. I need to know the value of the remainder
>> of a division. If you know this, then I believe my problem is solved. The
>> function is called Mod() in Visual Basic, and fmod() in MSL_C.
>>
>> If you have some spare time, then please keep on reading, because I might
>be
>> already making some mistakes which need for help.. ;-)
>>
>> I need the value of the remainder for the following reason:
>>
>> I have a table control, with a few columns, with a few rows. I need to set
>> the TblSetItemInt() value, in each single cell, so that I can write its
>> value through the CustomDraw Function. If I didn't do this, the CustomDraw
>> Function wouldn't know what each cell's value should be, right?
>>
>> So far so good. I set the ItemInt's the following way.
>> Row 1, Column 1:: 1
>> Row 1, Column 2:: 2
>> Row 1, Column 3:: 3
>> Row 2, Column 1:: 4
>> .... and so on .....
>>
>> I can draw the contents of the table. But I need it to do some tasks when
>I
>> tap on the cells of the last (and third) column. To find out whether the
>> user just tapped on ANY cell, or one of the last column, I am checking
>> wheter the ItemInt is divisable by three. To do this I need to know the
> > remainder of the division, and that's the reason for this e-mail.
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-- Keith Rollin
-- Palm OS Emulator engineer
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