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by fiala__ 3115 days ago
it's an easy way to filter out odd/even numbers. `n % m` means "divide `n` by `m` and return the remainder". If you divide any even number by 2, the remainder is always 0, if you divide an odd number, it's always 1. Translate that to a boolean and you've got a nice odd/even filter.