💻 Activity 6.2: Apply the break or continue keywords

Revisit for loop implementation of modulus operator

The implementation of the modulus operator would be more clean with the break or continue statement.

Recall: the modulus operator provides the remainder left after dividing one number by another.

How would you use a break or continue to make the code for the modulus operator using a for loop to make the code more concise?

1. Copy your correct code to the cell below.

2. Add break or continue to make the function more concise.

# add your code where the ... appears
def forModulus(dividend, divisor):
    ...

# add your code where the ... appears
def forModulus(dividend, divisor):
    remainder = dividend
    for i in range(dividend):
        if ((remainder-divisor) < 0):
            break
        remainder -= divisor
    return remainder

print(forModulus(5,3))
print(5%3)

2
2

print(forModulus(4,2))
print(4%2)

0
0

The notes for Session 6 benefitted from the availability of Python Programming and Numerical Methods: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists through the MIT License.