Try ‘div’ :) Mark.
Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Jun 2019, at 20:22, Richmond via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Err . . . > > So; I have several numbers that have to be divided by other numbers: > > 28 / 3 > > 301 / 10 > > 44 / 6 > > now these will all yield "awkward numbers" consisting of a quotient and a > remainder: > > 9.33 > > 30.1 > > 7.33 > > Now I know one could be "ever so slightly potty" in LiveCode to get the > quotient by doing something > like this: > > put 28/3 into XX > put (28 mod 3) into YY > put (XX - YY) into ZZ > > but that seems a long way round . . . but I cannot work out what the > equivalent term to 'mod' > is to get the quotient in LiveCode. > > Richmond. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
