Given a BigInt in JS, how do you pute its modulo?

10n % 3 // Uncaught TypeError: can't convert BigInt to number

edit: the difference between this question and the one linked as similar is that this question only pertains to BigInt which is fairly recent.

Given a BigInt in JS, how do you pute its modulo?

10n % 3 // Uncaught TypeError: can't convert BigInt to number

edit: the difference between this question and the one linked as similar is that this question only pertains to BigInt https://developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt which is fairly recent.

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• 2 Use a big int for both operands - 10n % 3n? – jonrsharpe Commented Jun 2, 2021 at 16:43

1 Answer 1

Both operands of an arithmetic operation involving a BigInt must be BigInts. In your case:

// BigInt literal
10n % 3n;

// BigInt explicit conversion
10n % BigInt(3);