From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Sat Apr 21 07:55:32 2001
Subject: Re: Newbie - can't find function
From: Matteo Bettella <M dot Bettella dot 1998 at cranfield dot ac dot uk>
To: "Brent W. Woodruff" <fprimex at boone dot net>
cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:55:30 +0100 (BST)


On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Brent W. Woodruff wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm new to the world of octave and despite my best efforts in the function 
> index and help files, I can't find the command for mod.  Is it in there or do 
> I need to write an octave program to do it?
> 

I think you don't.
>From the documentation:

Mapping Function: rem (x, y) 
Return the remainder of x / y, computed using the expression 

x - y .* fix (x ./ y)

An error message is printed if the dimensions of the arguments do not
agree, or if either of the arguments is complex. 


Is this what you need?
Regards,
Matteo




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