Restrictions on the Modulo Operator
The modulo operator has few restrictions or limitations on it. The % modulus operator cannot be applied to floating-point numbers i.e. float or double. If you try to use the modulo operator with floating-point constants or variables, the compiler will produce an error.
Example 1: C/C++ program to demonstrate the restrictions of the modulo operator.
C++
// C++ Program to demonstrate the restrictions of modulo// operator#include <iostream>using namespace std;// Driver codeint main(){ float x, y; x = 2.3; y = 1.5; // modulo for floating point values result = x % y; cout << result; return 0;}// This code is contributed by Harshit Srivastava |
C
// C Program to illustrate the working of modulo operator#include <stdio.h>int main(void){ float x, y; float result; x = 2.3; y = 1.5; // modulo for floating point values result = x % y; printf("%f", result); return 0;} |
Output
Compilation Error in C code :- prog.c: In function 'main':
prog.c:19:16: error:
invalid operands to binary % (have 'float' and 'float')
result = x % y;
^
Modulo Operator (%) in C/C++ with Examples
In C or C++, the modulo operator (also known as the modulus operator), denoted by %, is an arithmetic operator. The modulo division operator produces the remainder of an integer division which is also called the modulus of the operation.