What is result of -5%3 ? How modulo work with negative numbers ? — Code Oven

% sign is helpful to get remainder after division. -5 is dividend and 3 is divisor in our question. In plain English, % sign tells us how far multiple of divisor, which is equal or smaller than dividend, from dividend is.
There are two closed multiple of divisor (3) to dividend (5) is -3 and -6. -6 is smaller than -3. How far -6 is from -5 ? 1 unit. So answer of -5 % 3 would be 1.

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Originally published at http://punitvara.me on March 9, 2023.