ID:2894832
Oct 22 2023, 6:26 am
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Not a bug
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Descriptive Problem Summary:
the % operator does not return the proper value Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem: world.log << 6.5 % 2 Expected Results: 0.25 0.5 Actual Results: 0 1 (i confirmed with a friend that it is still broken in the latest beta version) | |||||||||||||
Spevacus resolved issue (Not a bug)
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Exxion is correct here. For legacy reasons, % is integer-only. In the documented case, A % B, A and B are truncated to integers. If you're intent on non-integer uses, use %%
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that reference looks different than what shows up in the F1 menu of dream maker, so i didn't know about the integer thing
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That's interesting. I'm on latest Beta and I've got the updated version:
 On 514, the one you showed is displayed. I suspect this is a case of 515 having the updated text that describes this integer-only functionality that existed but just wasn't explained. Edit: Oh, it's because %% didn't exist in 514. Silly me. | |
i still don't understand why %% works the way it does
it says it returns the remainder of A / B, but that's wrong, it even says so in the line below what it actually returns is B * (A / B), which makes no sense to me, because then to get the actual remainder you'd have to do (A %% B) / B | |
oh my god... i'm actually dumb
apparently i forgot what a remainder is and just thought it was any decimal point value after a division my bad | |
EDIT: I should clarify. 13 % 2 is always 1, for both integer and float modulo. In BYOND, % is integer modulo, so in 6.5 % 2, the 6.5 is truncated to 6, and 6 % 2 is 0. 6.5 % 2 would be 0.5 with float modulo, which is %% in BYOND.