Microsoft® JScript™ % Operator | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Used to divide two numbers and return only the remainder.

##### Syntax

> result = number1 % number2

> The % operator syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> result | Any variable.
> number1 | Any numeric expression.
> number2 | Any numeric expression.

##### Remarks

> The modulus, or remainder, operator divides number1 by number2 (rounding floating-point numbers to integers) and returns only the remainder as result. For example, in the following expression, A (which is result) equals 5.

> >     A = 19 % 6.7

> For information on when a run-time error is generated by the % operator, see the Operator Behavior table.

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