I'm trying to iterate over an array of jQuery objects, by incrementing or decrementing by 1. So, for the decrementing part, I use this code:
var splitted_id = currentDiv.attr('id').split('_');
var indexOfDivToGo = parseInt(splitted_id[1]);
indexOfDivToGo = (indexOfDivToGo-1) % allDivs.length;
var divToGo = allDivs[indexOfDivToGo];
so I have 4 elements with id's:
div_0
div_1
div_2
div_3
I was expecting it to iterate as 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 2 - etc..
but it returns -1 after the zero, therefore it's stuck. So it iterates as:
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - -1 - stuck
I know I can probably fix it by changing the second line of my code to
indexOfDivToGo = (indexOfDivToGo-1 + allDivs.length) % allDivs.length;
but I wonder why JavaScript is not calculating negative mods. Maybe this will help another coder fellow too.