Mod operator

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Mod operator

	Double	Long	Text	Categorical	Date
Double	Modulus Long	Modulus Long	Modulus1 Long	Not applicable	Not applicable
Long	Modulus Long	Modulus Long	Modulus1 Long	Not applicable	Not applicable
Text	Modulus1 Long	Modulus1 Long	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Categorical	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Date	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Example: Numeric variables

visits mod visits12

The modulus operator divides one numeric value by another and returns the remainder as result. This example uses the visits and visits12 numeric (Long) variables again. If visits has the value 8, and visits12 has the value 3, the return value is 2.

Notes

1 Only if conversion from text to numeric is possible.

2 Operation occurs on the date's double value representation. If the operation involves an invalid date, '####' is returned.

3 Only if conversion from text to long or categorical is possible.

4 Only if conversion from text to date is possible.

5 If the text can be converted to a long without loss of precision, the result is a long.