Thanks that cleared it up. Talk about a useful operator. Wish I had know about this 6 months ago. I guess its time to actually read the perl book rather then using it as a reference manual :) Thanks everyone.
-----Original Message----- From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Looping with multiples? From: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No your not missing anything I am :) I have never seen this before. > > Looking at the perl book it says that it will subtract a$ from the > highest multiple of b$ that is not greater then a$. > > So writing a quick loop that does 6 % $i where $i is 1..24 I get these > results. Which makes sense. But then how could I use this operator to > test for 456 , 10 11 12 ect. You are supposed to use $i % 6, not 6 % $i! 0 % 6 -> 0 1 % 6 -> 1 2 % 6 -> 2 3 % 6 -> 3 4 % 6 -> 4 5 % 6 -> 5 6 % 6 -> 0 7 % 6 -> 1 8 % 6 -> 2 ... So if I understand you right you need to process all items for those ($i % 6) >=3 (assuming you count from ZERO!!!) Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
