{"id":15006,"date":"2024-03-15T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-of-obtaining-the-remainder-in-the-c-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:57:33","slug":"what-is-the-method-of-obtaining-the-remainder-in-the-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-of-obtaining-the-remainder-in-the-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the method of obtaining the remainder in the C &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, the remainder can be calculated using the modulo operator (%). The modulo operator returns the remainder when two operands are divided.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the following code demonstrates how to use the modulus operator to calculate the remainder of two integers:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-c\">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;\r\n\r\nint main() {\r\n    int dividend = 15;\r\n    int divisor = 4;\r\n    int remainder;\r\n\r\n    remainder = dividend % divisor;\r\n\r\n    printf(\"The remainder is: %d\\n\", remainder);\r\n\r\n    return 0;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The output result is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>The remainder is: 3\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, the dividend is equal to 15 and the divisor is equal to 4. Then, calculate the remainder using the modulus operator and store the result in the remainder variable. 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