Operators > % (modulo)
% (modulo)Syntax
expression1
%
expression2
Arguments
expression1, expression2
Numbers, integers, floating-point numbers, or strings that convert to a numeric value.
Description
Operator (arithmetic); calculates the remainder of expression1
divided by expression2
. If either of the expression
arguments are nonnumeric, the modulo operator attempts to convert them to numbers.
Player
Flash 4 or later. In Flash 4 files, the %
operator is expanded in the SWF file as x - int(x/y) * y
, and may not be as fast or as accurate as the Flash 5 Player implementation.
Example
The following is a numeric example of using the %
operator:
12 % 5
returns 2
4.3 % 2.1
returns 0.1