Remainder assignment (%=)

The remainder assignment (%=) operator performs remainder on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

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Syntax

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x %= y

Description

x %= y is equivalent to x = x % y.

Examples

Using remainder assignment

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let bar = 5;

bar %= 2; // 1
bar %= "foo"; // NaN
bar %= 0; // NaN

let foo = 3n;
foo %= 2n; // 1n

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-assignment-operators

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