Re: Re: math functions?
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:17:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: math functions? | ||
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Just to be precise, modulus does NOT return true and false. Given A%B it
returns the remainder after dividing B into A. This happens to be
equivalent to false when there is no remainder, and equivalent to true
when there is a remainder.
Cheers,
Rob.
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 11:11, Kae Verens wrote:
> Amanda McComb wrote:
> > I am having trouble finding math functions on php.net. I am also getting
> > "page not found" errors when trying to search.
> >
> > Basically, I'm looking for a mod or division function - something I can
> > use to tell me when a number is evening divisable by a certain number.
>
> % is the mod operator in quite a few languages, and works in PHP as well.
>
> if(7%4), for example, will return true (3), while (12%6) will return false
>
> integers only, IIRC
>
> Kae
>
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