[R] Calculate remainer

[Chuck Cleland]

livia wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have got a question about a simple calculation. If I would like to
> calculate 50/12 and return the result as 4 and the remainer 2. Is there a
> function of doing this?
> 
> Many thanks.

?"%%" to see how to get the remainder.  You might put the "result" and
remainder together in a function like this:

myfunc <- function(x,y){list(result = floor(x / y), remainder = x %% y)}

myfunc(x=50, y=12)
$result
[1] 4

$remainder
[1] 2

-- 
Chuck Cleland, Ph.D.
NDRI, Inc.
71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10010
tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th)
tel: (732) 512-0171 (M, W, F)
fax: (917) 438-0894