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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2012-08-04 07:48:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2012-08-04 07:48:39 (GMT) |
| commit | f4b9d9697eed263a69362a80ff78b872ad123e0c (patch) | |
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| parent | 24ef33dc101a3e9114318b884c1e99d792f4739d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/mathop.n b/doc/mathop.n index e359276..ac2ebc1 100644 --- a/doc/mathop.n +++ b/doc/mathop.n @@ -126,14 +126,19 @@ will be an integer. .TP \fB%\fR \fInumber number\fR . -Returns the integral modulus of the first argument with respect to the second. -Each \fInumber\fR must have an integral value. Note that Tcl defines this -operation exactly even for negative numbers, so that the following equality -holds true: +Returns the integral modulus (i.e., remainder) of the first argument +with respect to the second. +Each \fInumber\fR must have an integral value. +Also, the sign of the result will be the same as the sign of the second +\fInumber\fR, which must not be zero. .RS .PP +Note that Tcl defines this operation exactly even for negative numbers, so +that the following command returns a true value (omitting the namespace for +clarity): +.PP .CS -(\fIx \fB/ \fIy\fR) \fB* \fIy \fB== \fIx \fB\-\fR (\fIx \fB% \fIy\fR) +\fB==\fR [\fB*\fR [\fB/\fI x y\fR] \fIy\fR] [\fB\-\fI x\fR [\fB%\fI x y\fR]] .CE .RE .TP |