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I have found that the same mod operation produces different results depending on what language is being used.
In Python:
-1 % 10 produces 9
In C it produces -1 !
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The % symbol in Python is called the Modulo Operator. It returns the remainder of dividing the left hand operand by right hand operand. It's used to get the remainder of a division problem. The modulo operator is considered an arithmetic operation, along with + , - , / , * , ** , // . The basic syntax is: a % b.
The modulus operator is added in the arithmetic operators in C, and it works between two available operands. It divides the given numerator by the denominator to find a result. In simpler words, it produces a remainder for the integer division. Thus, the remainder is also always an integer number only.
Python supports a wide range of arithmetic operators that you can use when working with numbers in your code. One of these operators is the modulo operator ( % ), which returns the remainder of dividing two numbers.
The Python modulo operator calculates the remainder of dividing two values. This operator is represented by the percentage sign (%). The syntax for the modulo operator is: number1 % number2. The first number is divided by the second then the remainder is returned.
((n % M) + M) % M to get the same result as in Python. E. g. ((-1 % 10) + 10) % 10. Note, how it still works for positive integers: ((17 % 10) + 10) % 10 == 17 % 10, as well as for both variants of C implementations (positive or negative remainder).
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Python has a "true" modulo operation, while C has a remainder operation.
It has a direct relation with how the negative integer division is handled, i.e. rounded towards 0 or minus infinite. Python rounds towards minus infinite and C(99) towards 0, but in both languages (n/m)*m + n%m == n, so the % operator must compensate in the correct direction.
Ada is more explicit and has both, as mod and rem.
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