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Mod. How can you use modulo division in the VB.NET language? With the Mod operator, you can compute the remainder of a division expression.
Mod is equivalent to the modulo operator in C-like languages. With Mod we can determine whether a number is odd or even (its parity).
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Example. This example shows some Mod expressions with constant Integers. When the value 90 goes into 1000 11 times, but leaves a remainder of 10. This is the result of 1000 Mod 90.
And The next Mod expressions show the same principle in action. The Console output is shown.
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Module Module1 Sub Main() ' Compute some modulo expressions with Mod. Console.WriteLine(5 Mod 3) Console.WriteLine(1000 Mod 90) Console.WriteLine(100 Mod 90) Console.WriteLine(81 Mod 80) Console.WriteLine(1 Mod 1) End Sub End Module
2 10 10 1 0
Loop example. Using a Mod expression is appropriate in a For-loop. You can apply Mod to the variable "i". In this program, we display "i" whenever it is divisible by 10.
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Detail This style of code is useful in real programs. We can "throttle" an action to occur only occasionally this way.
Module Module1 Sub Main() ' Loop through integers. For i As Integer = 0 To 200 - 1 ' Test i with Mod 10. If i Mod 10 = 0 Then Console.WriteLine(i) End If Next End Sub End Module
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Odd, even numbers. The parity of a number is whether it is odd or even. We can test parity by creating 2 functions in VB.NET that return true or false.
Note IsOdd returns the opposite of IsEven. It correctly handles negative and positive numbers.
Note 2 IsEven uses modulo division (with Mod) to see if the number is evenly divisible by 2 (and thus even).
Info Both methods return a Boolean (true or false). We test these methods with a simple For-loop.
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Module Module1 Function IsOdd(ByVal number As Integer) As Boolean ' Handle negative numbers by returning the opposite of IsEven. Return IsEven(number) = False End Function Function IsEven(ByVal number As Integer) As Boolean ' Handles all numbers because it tests for 0 remainder. ' ... This works for negative and positive numbers. Return number Mod 2 = 0 End Function Sub Main() For i = -10 To 10 Console.WriteLine(i.ToString() + " EVEN = " + IsEven(i).ToString()) Console.WriteLine(i.ToString() + " ODD = " + IsOdd(i).ToString()) Next End Sub End Module
-10 EVEN = True -10 ODD = False -9 EVEN = False -9 ODD = True -8 EVEN = True -8 ODD = False -7 EVEN = False -7 ODD = True -6 EVEN = True -6 ODD = False -5 EVEN = False -5 ODD = True -4 EVEN = True -4 ODD = False -3 EVEN = False -3 ODD = True -2 EVEN = True -2 ODD = False -1 EVEN = False -1 ODD = True 0 EVEN = True 0 ODD = False 1 EVEN = False 1 ODD = True 2 EVEN = True 2 ODD = False 3 EVEN = False 3 ODD = True 4 EVEN = True 4 ODD = False 5 EVEN = False 5 ODD = True 6 EVEN = True 6 ODD = False 7 EVEN = False 7 ODD = True 8 EVEN = True 8 ODD = False 9 EVEN = False 9 ODD = True 10 EVEN = True 10 ODD = False
Syntax note. In C-like languages, the "%" character expresses a modulo division. We cannot use this character in VB.NET. Instead the Mod operator is used.
A summary. Modulo division is an important concept to understand in computer programming. In .NET, modulo division is used to implement collections such as Dictionary.
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The Mod operator often comes in handy whenever a mathematical procedure is needed. We can use modulo for determining parity (odd or even).
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