[R] Calculate remainer

[Moshe Olshansky]

This is OK if the ratio is positive, but for -50
divided by 12 the floor is -5 and the remainder is 10
(and not -4 and -2 as one may want). By the way, using
%% and %/% leads to same result.
Using trunc will remedy the situation, i.e.

> x <- -50
> y <- 12
> a <- trunc(x/y)
> r <- x - a*y
> a
[1] -4
> r
[1] -2

--- Julian Burgos <jmburgos at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> Hi Livia,
> 
> There are several ways to do this.  Try:
> 
> a=50/12
> 
> floor(a) will give you the entire portion, and
> 
> a-floor(a) will give you the remainder.
> 
> Julian
> 
> 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.
> 
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