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Difference between modulo and remainder operators?

I know both are about same. But Swift strictly uses Remainder operator rather than modulo. Are they exactly same or different?

31st Mar 2020, 8:12 PM
Ravi Mishra
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Modulus is always the same sign as the divisor But  remainder is the same sign as the quotient. And may be that's why swift uses remainder operator
3rd Apr 2020, 8:29 AM
Payal Sharma
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There is a difference between modulus and remainder. For example: -21 mod 4 is 3 because -21 + 4 x 6 is 3. But -21 divided by 4 gives -5 with a remainder of -1. For positive values, there is no difference. This is from stack overflow btw.
1st Apr 2020, 3:23 AM
Aditya Agrawal
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5th Apr 2020, 3:38 PM
BlueJ
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