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Remainder assignment (%=)

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

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let a = 3;

console.log((a %= 2));
// Expected output: 1

console.log((a %= 0));
// Expected output: NaN

console.log((a %= "hello"));
// Expected output: NaN

Syntax

x %= y

Description

x %= y is equivalent to x = x % y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

Using remainder assignment

let bar = 5;

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

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

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also