VBA equivalent to Excel's mod function

Question

Is there a vba equivalent to excel's mod function?

Answer 1

In vba the function is MOD. eg

 5 MOD 2

Here is a useful link .

Answer 2

You want the mod operator .

The expression a Mod b is equivalent to the following formula:

a - (b * (a \ b))

Edited to add:

There are some special cases you may have to consider, because Excel is using floating point math (and returns a float ), which the VBA function returns an integer. Because of this, using mod with floating-point numbers may require extra attention:

• Excel's results may not correspond exactly with what you would predict; this is covered briefly here (see topmost answer) and at great length here .

• As @André points out in the comments, negative numbers may round in the opposite direction from what you expect. The Fix() function he suggests is explained here (MSDN) .

Answer 3

My way to replicate Excel's MOD(a,b) in VBA is to use XLMod(a,b) in VBA where you include the function:

Function XLMod(a, b)
    ' This replicates the Excel MOD function
    XLMod = a - b * Int(a / b)
End Function

in your VBA Module

Answer 4

Be very careful with the Excel MOD(a,b) function and the VBA a Mod b operator. Excel returns a floating point result and VBA an integer.

In Excel =Mod(90.123,90) returns 0.123000000000005 instead of 0.123 In VBA 90.123 Mod 90 returns 0

They are certainly not equivalent!

Equivalent are: In Excel: =Round(Mod(90.123,90),3) returning 0.123 and In VBA: ((90.123 * 1000) Mod 90000)/1000 returning also 0.123

Answer 5

The Mod operator , is roughly equivalent to the MOD function :

number Mod divisor is roughly equivalent to MOD(number, divisor) .

Answer 6

The top answer is actually wrong.

The suggested equation: a - (b * (a \\ b))

Will solve to: a - a

Which is of course 0 in all cases.

The correct equation is:

a - (b * INT(a \\ b))

Or, if the number (a) can be negative, use this:

a - (b * FIX(a \\ b))

Answer 7

But if you just want to tell the difference between an odd iteration and an even iteration, this works just fine:

If i Mod 2 > 0 then 'this is an odd 
   'Do Something
Else 'it is even
   'Do Something Else
End If

Answer 8

Function Remainder(Dividend As Variant, Divisor As Variant) As Variant
    Remainder = Dividend - Divisor * Int(Dividend / Divisor)
End Function

This function always works and is the exact copy of the Excel function.

Answer 9

I've found this to be the most reliable if excel's mod function is also giving incorrect results:

Originally even XLMod = (a - (b * Int(a / b))) was giving me incorrect results so..

Function XLMod(a, b As Long)
' This replicates the Excel MOD function - the VBA mod function returns an integer

Dim templong As Long

  templong = (b * Int(a / b))
  XLMod = (a - templong)
End Function