[R] quotient and remainder

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, zhihua li wrote:

> hi netters
>
> Is there a function in R that can compute the quotient and remainder of a 
> division calculation?   such that when 11 is given as the dividend and 5 the 
> divider, the function returns 2(quotient) and 1(remainder).


> 11 %% 5
[1] 1
> 11 %/% 5
[1] 2

See ?Arithmetic.


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