mod operator question.

General
1

I have a number that needs to be kept in a range from 0 to 9

-1 would be 9
10 would 0

I tried to mod operator but for negative number its still returning a negative number.

2

would -2 be 8 ?
and 11 be 1 ?

just want to make sure i’m understanding this right

3

[quote=486637:@Norman Palardy]would -2 be 8 ?
and 11 be 1 ?

just want to make sure i’m understanding this right[/quote]

Yes that is the case.
it’s a wrapping map.

4

If it’s less than zero add 10
If it’s greater than 10 subtract 10

Does that work?

5

just what I was writing :slight_smile:

6

[quote=486639:@Tim Streater]If it’s less than zero add 10
If it’s greater than 10 subtract 10

Does that work?[/quote]
mod is never greater than the parameter, but when it is negative then it doesn’t behave the way i understood mod to opperate.

7

something like this seems to work


For i As Integer = -30 To 30
  
  Dim remainder As Integer 
  Dim newvalue As Integer
  If i < 0 Then
    remainder = i Mod 10
    If remainder < 0 Then
      newvalue = 10 + remainder
    End If
  Else
    remainder = i Mod 10
    newvalue = remainder
  End If
  
  listbox1.AddRow Str(i) + "->" + Str(newValue)
  
Next
8

I so wish we had an immediate mode!!!

9

a lot of stuff can be tested in an IDE script window

10

[code]Function Run(args() as String) Handles Run as Integer
dim i, r as integer
dim ub as integer = 9

for i=-2 to 11
r = i mod (ub+1)
if (r < 0) then r = (ub+1) + r
Print(str(i) + " mod 10 = " + str®)
next

End Function
[/code]

11

Complicating things, there’s quite a variation in how different software packages implement the mod function for negative values. Excel handles it differently than Xojo.

I think the following will do what you want, with j=10.

Public Function ModFix(i As Integer, j As Integer) as Integer dim m As Integer = i mod j if m<0 then return m+j return m End Function

12

Norman, thanks for that hint.

Just like Brian O’Brien, I was wishing for an immediate window the other day to try out some simple stuff. It took me a while to find out how to launch a Xojo Script window since I’ve never used Xojo Script:

File / IDE Scripts / New IDE Script

But that did the trick. Coincidentally I also was trying to figure out the behavior of the MOD operator when I was wishing for an immediate window.

Xojo just keeps revealing new things!

-Wes

13

the IDE script window is handy for testing out some things
not all code works there though
anything that requires the runtime framework - folderitems etc wont work
but still you can prototype a lot of ideas there