COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Intrinsic Functions

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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MOD Function

MOD, an integer function, returns the value that is argument-1 modulo

argument-2.

argument-1

is an integer.

argument-2

is a nonzero integer.

The returned value is argument-1 modulo argument-2, which is defined:

Example 14-26. MOD Function

Code:

DISPLAY FUNCTION MOD (11 5)

DISPLAY FUNCTION MOD (-11 5)

DISPLAY FUNCTION MOD (11 -5)

DISPLAY FUNCTION MOD (-11 -5)

Output:

00001

00004

-00004

-00001

( )

MODFUNCTION argument-1 argument-2

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argument-1 argument-2 FUNCTION INTEGER

argument-1

argument-2

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