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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref.tex b/Doc/ref/ref.tex index a2eb381..c47b084 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref.tex @@ -503,10 +503,10 @@ Division by zero raises a {\tt RuntimeError} exception. The \verb|'%'| operator yields the remainder from the division of the first argument by the second. The numeric arguments are first converted to a common type. -The outcome of $x % y$ is defined as $x - y*trunc(x/y)$. +The outcome of $x \% y$ is defined as $x - y*trunc(x/y)$. A zero right argument raises a {\tt RuntimeError} exception. The arguments may be floating point numbers, e.g., -$3.14 % 0.7$ equals $0.34$. +$3.14 \% 0.7$ equals $0.34$. \section{Arithmetic expressions} |