[swift-users] Modulo operation in Swift?

[Martin R]

There was a discussion in swift-evolution, starting at

  https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20160516/018521.html

about adding a "true modulo" operator to the standard library. There were different opinions whether

- such a thing needs to be in the standard library at all, and if yes:
- if it should be an operator or function,
- how it should be named.

As far as I know, nothing happened until now. The above posting contains a possible (Swift 3) implementation. In Swift 4 that would be

    infix operator %%: MultiplicationPrecedence

    func %%<T: BinaryInteger>(lhs: T, rhs: T) -> T {
        return (lhs % rhs + rhs) % rhs
    }

I would probably do (as an operator or as a function)

    func %%<T: BinaryInteger>(lhs: T, rhs: T) -> T {
        let rem = lhs % rhs // -rhs <= rem <= rhs
        return rem >= 0 ? rem : rem + rhs
    }

with one division instead of two.

Regards, Martin

> Am 09.11.2017 um 12:43 schrieb Jens Persson via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org>:
> 
> Hi all!
> Is there a modulo operation/function in Swift? I want the "true" mathematical modulo (as % in Python), and not remainder (as % in Swift).
> 
> Do I have to implement this basic mathematical function myself and if so what is the best way to write it (it will be heavily used so I want it to be as fast as possible)?
> 
> /Jens
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