% (Modulo)

Provides the remainder of one number divided by another.

Syntax

dividend % divisor

Arguments

dividend

Is the numeric expression to divide. dividend must be any valid Microsoft® SQL Server™ expression of the integer data type category. (A modulo is the integer that remains after two integers are divided.)

divisor

Is the numeric expression to divide the dividend by. divisor must be any valid SQL Server expression of any of the data types of the integer data type category.

Result Types

int

Remarks

The modulo arithmetic operator can be used in the select list of the SELECT statement with any combination of column names, numeric constants, or any valid expression of the integer data type category.

Examples

This example returns the book title number and any modulo (remainder) of dividing the price (converted to an integer value) of each book into the total yearly sales (ytd_sales * price).

USE pubs
GO
SELECT title_id, 
   CAST((ytd_sales * price) AS int) % CAST(price AS int) AS Modulo
FROM titles
WHERE price IS NOT NULL and type = 'trad_cook'
ORDER BY title_id
GO

See Also

Expressions

Functions

LIKE

Operators

SELECT