On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Mad Coder <imamadco...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Can anyone explain why ((n%p)*(m%p))%p will give wrong answer ?
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> Lets say, n = 10^15 , m = 10^15   and p = 10^18

So,
n%p = 10^15
m%p = 10^15

And the intermediate result (n%p)*(m%p) will overflow the long long range.

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