[Coco] What? No MOD?!

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 29 December 2013 22:30:07 Bruce W. Calkins did opine:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Blair"
> 
> > On Dec 29, 2013, at 18:57 , Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> >> Considering that CoCo Basic lacks integer variables altogether, the
> >> lack of a MOD function doesn't seem all that astonishing...
> > 
> > doh
> 
> ======================
> 
> So, what will it take to write such a routine?
> Spoken in ignorance as I need to look up just what that function is.
> Bruce W. - KV4OE
>
A MOD is a continuous subtraction of the MOD value from the unknown until 
the carry flag comes up indicating a borrow, then you add the MOD value 
back to clear the carry, leaving the answer,  IOW, 13 MOD 4=1, etc etc.
 
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