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Nim remainder syntax

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How is modulus expressed in Nim?

cell % 7 == 0 gives undeclared identifier: '%'

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  1. Some answers recommend %%, but you shouldn't use that. It dates back to when signed integers were the only integers Nim provided. Operators whose names finish in %, such as <%, treat those signed integer values as unsigned ints. Nim has supported unsigned integers for some time, so just choose mod, whose overloads correctly cover the applicable integral types: https://nim-lang.org/docs/system.html#mod,int,int

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