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Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes

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On 8/17/2011 6:07 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 8/17/2011 4:48 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> ...
>> Rather: arr[ (n%arr.length + arr.length) % arr.length ]
>
> I believe the root cause of the problem may have been thinking of % as a
> modulo operator when it is really the remainder operator. Has any
> thought been given to create Math.mod, for both int and long, with
> implementation as above?


I think I suggested a modulo operator %% some time ago.  It would be 
handy.  The derivation of the formula above escapes me.

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  Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-08-16 09:30 -0700
  Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-08-16 21:37 +0100
  Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-08-16 14:54 -0700
    Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-16 20:47 -0400
  Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-16 20:38 -0400
    Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-16 17:52 -0700
      Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-16 21:56 -0400
        Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-16 20:20 -0700
          Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-16 20:45 -0700
            Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-17 06:31 -0300
              Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-17 13:28 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-17 07:17 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-17 19:02 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-17 16:09 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-17 23:48 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-17 17:34 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-08-17 18:07 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-18 08:22 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-18 18:37 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-18 11:50 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-18 20:49 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-18 14:48 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-18 22:50 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-17 21:49 -0400
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-08-17 21:50 -0400
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-19 14:13 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-19 20:05 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-20 00:20 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-19 23:11 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-20 11:21 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-20 11:45 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-20 15:23 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-20 16:15 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-08-17 21:34 -0400
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-18 07:58 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-18 06:29 -0300
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-08-18 10:47 +0100
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 11:35 -0700
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-18 18:30 -0300
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-19 14:57 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-19 20:10 +0000
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-08-19 19:12 -0300
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-08-20 00:26 +0200
                Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-08-19 22:59 +0000
          Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-17 21:34 -0400
            Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-17 21:46 -0400
              Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-17 19:51 -0700
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      Re: Using Enumerated Types as Array Indexes Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-08-17 21:51 -0400
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