DIV wont work with float objective c

Question

Hi

I'm trying to use:

float divAm = (float)theAngle%(float)rads;

but its saying that Invalid operands to binary %

theAngle and rads are both of type float.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Lily,

The modulus operator is a binary integer operator - it cannot be used with floats. You should use fmod() instead:-

float fmod( float numerator, float denominator );

It's defined in math.h. There is also a version using doubles if you need that.