How to use the modulus function %

[Picard]

Will someone help me understand how to use the modulus function % in dealing with remainders. I need to use it in calculating time such as hours and minutes and calculating degrees and seconds for angles. In Excel I use the MOD function, but it appears that ThinkScript handles % in a much different way. Providing some examples will be helpful.

 

[Joshua]

MOD appears to draw sign from the divisor, whereas % draws sign from the number.

MOD(-3,2) = 1

-3 % 2 = -1

 

[halcyonguy]

Will someone help me understand how to use the modulus function % in dealing with remainders. I need to use it in calculating time such as hours and minutes and calculating degrees and seconds for angles. In Excel I use the MOD function, but it appears that ThinkScript handles % in a much different way. Providing some examples will be helpful.

learn how to use labels and bubbles to display values. it will help you understand what a program does.

here is a test program that checks the remainder of the barnumbers divided by some number.
default number is 10. every 10th bubble will be yellow, when a bar # / 10 is equal to 0.

#test_mod_remainder

input mod_number = 10;

def bn = BarNumber();

# divide bar # by some #. get the remainder
def remainder = (bn % mod_number);

# check if remainder is 0
def m0 = (remainder == 0);

addchartbubble(1, low,
bn + "  bn\n" +
remainder + "  R\n" +
m0
, (if m0 then color.yellow else color.gray), no);
#

# https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Operators/Arithmetic
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