[R] Modulus operator??

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, M. Edward Borasky wrote:

> I'm trying to do a modulus operator in R-1.2.2 on Windows -- specific
> version:
>
> R : Copyright 2001, The R Development Core Team
> Version 1.2.2 Patched (2001-03-22)
>
> Here's what the R language manual says:
>
> "R contains a number of operators. They are listed in the table below.
>
> [snip]
>
> %  Modulus, binary"

It is %%, not %.  Don't know why R-lang thinks otherwise ....
It is also missing %/% (integer division).

?Arithmetic is correct.

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