[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55238] Modulo [mod(X, Y)] of larger values seems to fail silently to output 0

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #55238 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #5:

The latest comments are correct, this is not a bug, but a limitation that
requires understanding of the numerical operation of Octave.

See also bug #35680 and bug #50808, other results that people searching may
find helpful.

As a workaround, if you want arbitrary precision integer arithmetic, you can
look at Octave's symbolic package:


>> mod (17 ^ 23, 55)
ans = 0
>> double (mod (vpa(17) ^ vpa(23), 55))
ans =  18


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