method

remainder

v2_4_6 - Show latest stable - Class: Integer
remainder(p1)
public

Returns the remainder after dividing big by numeric as:

x.remainder(y) means x-y*(x/y).truncate

Examples

5.remainder(3)    #=> 2
-5.remainder(3)   #=> -2
5.remainder(-3)   #=> 2
-5.remainder(-3)  #=> -2

-1234567890987654321.remainder(13731)      #=> -6966
-1234567890987654321.remainder(13731.24)   #=> -9906.22531493148

See Numeric#divmod.