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Mod (%) function in C/Objective-C?
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Mod (%) function in C/Objective-C?


  • Subject: Mod (%) function in C/Objective-C?
  • From: Dave <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:31:35 +0100

Hi,

I just got caught out by the C/Objective-C Implementation of the % (mod) function in XCode C/Objective-C. I remember having this very same problem years ago (after I solved it again this time).

It stems from the modulus (%) function not returning a true modulus for negative numbers - it returns the remainder not the modulus.


I fixed it easily enough by writing my own mod function as so:

-(NSInteger) modulusWithDividend:(NSInteger) theDividend andDivisor:(NSInteger) theDivisor
{
NSInteger		myDividend;

myDividend = theDividend % theDivisor;
if (myDividend < 0)
	myDividend =  myDividend + theDivisor;

return myDividend;
}

(there is also a C function for it).

——————

My question is, is there an inbuilt function/method I can use instead of wring my own?

Thanks a lot
Dave


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