ILE COBOL Language Reference


REM

The REM function returns a numeric value that is the remainder of argument-1 divided by argument-2.

The function type is numeric.

Format
 
>>-FUNCTION REM--(--argument-1 argument-2--)-------------------><
 
 
argument-1
Must be class numeric
argument-2
Must be class numeric. Must not be zero.

The returned value is the remainder of argument-1 divided by argument-2. It is defined as the expression:

argument-1 - (argument-2 * FUNCTION INTEGER-PART (argument-1/argument-2))

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