Re: [UUG/MLUG] perl and y2k

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Tymm Twillman wrote:
> 
> you know, this then caused me to go look at perlop(1); description there:
> 
> Binary ``%'' computes the modulus of two numbers. Given integer operands
> $a and $b: If $b is positive, then $a % $b is $a minus the largest
> multiple of $b that is not greater
> than $a. If $b is negative, then $a % $b is $a minus the smallest multiple
> of $b that is not less than $a (i.e. the result will be less than or equal
> to zero).
> 


In our case $b=100 which is positive.


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