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Find the division remainder of a number

Asked 2011-04-07T16:44:16.820
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How could I go about finding the division remainder of a number in Python?

For example:
If the number is 26 and divided number is 7, then the division remainder is 5.
(since 7+7+7=21 and 26-21=5.)

For simple divisibility testing, see How do you check whether a number is divisible by another number?.

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Modulo would be the correct answer, but if you're doing it manually this should work.

num = input("Enter a number: ")
div = input("Enter a divisor: ")

while num >= div:
    num -= div
print num
answered 2011-04-07T17:25:28.043

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