# Am I using 'Mod' correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 26, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505 "2016-03-26T16:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_budd/32/799_2.png) [@Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Budd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/1 "2016-03-26T16:40:29Z")
I am trying to split a number into years and months, but Mod operator does not want to play. I basically want to get the average age in a format of x yrs and x months rather than yrs.fraction of year. It may just be the fact I have a long day and I am doing something silly. [code]yr=avgage/listbox1.listcount 'avgage is a total of all ages, listcount is the number of entries, gives an iteger correctly of year yr=avgage\listbox1.listcount ’ gives me say for example 41.24, 41 years and .24 of a year, roughly 3 months mth=avgage mod listbox1.listcount 'does not give me the .24 as above as I would expect, it gives me 680?, which I can then multiply by 12 to get months [/code] Any clues? Desktop, windows. ---
**Author:** ![Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eli_Ott)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/2 "2016-03-26T17:13:47Z")
How much is avgage? How much is listbox1.listcount? By the way why is avgage the total of all ages, while a reader would interpret this variable as average of ages? ---
**Author:** ![Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eli_Ott)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/3 "2016-03-26T17:21:00Z")
Modulo gives you the remainder of a division. 207 / 13 -\> 15.9230769230769234 207 \ 13 -\> 15 207 Mod 13 -\> 12 which is: 13 \* 15 = 195 + 12 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_budd/32/799_2.png) [@Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Budd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/4 "2016-03-26T17:22:09Z")
Eli, In answer to your questions, avgage is 116464.50999999972 listcount is 2824 My variable should be name totalofallages you are correct, i was a ‘newbie’ when I first wrote it 🙂 lol ---
**Author:** ![Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Eli\_Ott](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eli_Ott)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/5 "2016-03-26T17:26:22Z")
Maybe something like this: ```auto Dim days As Integer = 365 * ((116464.50999999972 / 2824) - (116464.50999999972 \\ 2824)) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/paul_budd/32/799_2.png) [@Paul\_Budd](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Budd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/6 "2016-03-26T17:45:23Z")
Thanks for the prod Eli, i was missing the deduct one from the other ☹ to leave the ‘balance’, and use that in my calculation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/am-i-using-mod-correctly/30505/7 "2020-10-29T18:14:35Z")