why does this return a negative vlaued number?

[Jens Jensen]

Hello,
Can someone explain why this function call return a negative number -2500?

System.Math.IEEERemainder(7500,5000)

I would expect 2500 .

below the msdn reference of this function



http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/system.math.ieeeremainder.aspx



Many thanks in advance

JJ

 

[Jens Jensen]

HI D and thank you for your comprehensive answer.

So why do i get +2500 for
System.Math.IEEERemainder(12500, 5000);



maybe i need to read about the rounding convention.



12500/5000 --->2,5

2,5 should round up to 3 (if i do understand the rouning up convention)



meaning 12500 -(5000* 3) = -2500?

the result is 2500 instead of the expected -2500 according to rounding up
convention.

Thanks

JJ

 

[Jens Jensen]

Ok, great
Does anyone know any practical use of such a function?

Many thanks for clearing up the doc for me.
JJ