Scribd
Upload
42 views

JavaScript Remainder Operator

This document provides an overview of the JavaScript remainder operator (%). It explains that the % operator returns the remainder of dividing one number by another. Several examples are given showing how to use % with positive and negative numbers. Special cases like infinity and zero are also covered. The document concludes by discussing how % can be used to check for odd numbers and the difference between the remainder and modulo operators.

Uploaded by

Muhammad Amir
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
42 views

JavaScript Remainder Operator

This document provides an overview of the JavaScript remainder operator (%). It explains that the % operator returns the remainder of dividing one number by another. Several examples are given showing how to use % with positive and negative numbers. Special cases like infinity and zero are also covered. The document concludes by discussing how % can be used to check for odd numbers and the difference between the remainder and modulo operators.

Uploaded by

Muhammad Amir
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

29/07/2022, 07:58 JavaScript Remainder Operator

JavaScript Remainder Operator

If this JavaScript tutorial saves you


hours of work, please whitelist it in
your ad blocker 😭 and

Donate Now
(https://www.javascripttutorial.net/donation/)

to support us ❤️in paying for web


hosting and CDN to keep the site
running.
Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn about the JavaScript remainder operator ( % ) to get the
remainder of a number divided by another number.

Introduction to the JavaScript remainder operator


JavaScript uses the % to represent the remainder operator. The remainder operator returns the
remainder left over when one value is divided by another value.

Here’s the syntax of the remainder operator:

dividend % divisor

The following shows the equation for the remainder:

dividend = divisor * quotient + remainder

where |remainder| < |divisor|

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-remainder-operator/ 1/5
29/07/2022, 07:58 JavaScript Remainder Operator

In this equation, the dividend , divisor , quotient , and remainder are all integers. The sign of
the remainder is the same as the sign of the dividend .

The sign of the remainder is the same as the sign of the dividend .

JavaScript remainder operator examples

Let’s take some examples of using the JavaScript remainder operator.

1) Using the remainder operator with positive dividend example

The following example shows how to use the remainder operator with a positive dividend:

let remainder = 5 % -2;

console.log(remainder); // 1

remainder = 5 % 2;

console.log(remainder); // 1

2) Using the remainder operator with negative dividend example

The following example uses the remainder operator with a negative dividend:

let remainder = -5 % 3;

console.log(remainder); // -2

remainder = -5 % -3;

console.log(remainder); // -2

3) Using the remainder operator special values

If a dividend is an Infinity and a divisor is a finite number, the remainder is NaN . For example:

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-remainder-operator/ 2/5
29/07/2022, 07:58 JavaScript Remainder Operator

let remainder = Infinity % 2;

console.log(remainder); // NaN

If a dividend is a finite number and a divisor is zero, the remainder is NaN :

let remainder = 10 % 0;

console.log(remainder); // NaN

If both dividend and divisor are Infinity , the remainder is NaN :

let remainder = Infinity % Infinity;

console.log(remainder); // NaN

If a dividend is a finite number and the divisor is an Infinity , the remainder is the dividend. For
example:

let remainder = 10 % Infinity;

console.log(remainder); // 10

If the dividend is zero and the divisor is non-zero, the remainder is zero:

let remainder = 0 % 10;

console.log(remainder); // 0

If either dividend or divisor is not a number, it’s converted to a number using the Number() function
and applied the above rules. For example:

let remainder = '10' % 3;

console.log(remainder); // 1

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-remainder-operator/ 3/5
29/07/2022, 07:58 JavaScript Remainder Operator

Using the remainder operator to check if a number is an odd


number

To check if a number is an odd number, you use the remainder operator ( % ) like the following
example:

let num = 13;

let isOdd = num % 2;

In this example, if the num is an odd number, the remainder is one. But if the num is an even
number, the remainder is zero.

Later, you’ll learn how to define a function (https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-function/) that returns


true if a number is odd or false otherwise like this:

function isOdd(num) {

return num % 2;

Or using an arrow function in ES6 (https://www.javascripttutorial.net/es6/javascript-arrow-function/) :

const isOdd = (num) => num % 2;

Remainder vs Modulo operator


In JavaScript, the remainder operator (%) is not the modulo operator.

If you have been working with Python, you may find the % represents the modulo operator in this
language. However, it is not the case in JavaScript.

To get a modulo in JavaScript, you use the following expression:

((dividend % divisor) + divisor) % divisor

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-remainder-operator/ 4/5
29/07/2022, 07:58 JavaScript Remainder Operator

Or wrap it in a function:

const mod = (dividend, divisor) => ((dividend % divisor) + divisor) % divisor;

If the division and divisor have the same sign, the remainder and modulo operators return the same
result. Otherwise, they return different results.

For example:

const mod = (dividend, divisor) => ((dividend % divisor) + divisor) % divisor;

// dividen and divisor have the same sign

console.log('remainder:', 5 % 3); // 2

console.log('modulo:', mod(5, 3)); // 2

// dividen and divisor have the different signs

console.log('remainder:', -5 % 3); // -2

console.log('modulo:', mod(-5, 3)); // 1

Output:

remainder: 2

modulo: 2

remainder: -2

modulo: 1

Summary
Use the JavaScript remainder operator ( % ) get the the remainder of a value divided by another
value.

https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-remainder-operator/ 5/5

You might also like