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| From | "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: Javascript Math problem |
| Date | 2012-04-28 09:00 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <a02evvFdrdU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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Stefan said:
> In JS, -5.5 % 3 is -2.5 ...
>
> In PHP, -5.5 % 3 is -2 ...
>
> In Python, -5.5 % 3 is 0.5 ...
>
> In Perl, -5.5 % 3 is 1 ...
> (unless you "use integer", then it depends on the compiler)
>
> In C, -5.5 % 3 doesn't work at all (int only)...
> (but fmod(-5.5, 3) returns -2.5)
> (oh, and the behavior with negative numbers is
> "implementation defined")
>
Stefan:
... and in my language (xHarbour -- eXtended Harbour: a language that is
compiled into C functions using the old Borland BCC 5.5.1 verion in this
instance), the statement and results are:
nTest := -5.5 % 3
? ntest // result -2.5
? str(nTest) // result -2.5 -- same
-Mel
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