what does modulus operator do in python code example

Example 1: how to modulus in python

# let say "a" is our varable then,
# and that is a is 25
a % 10
# then this returns 5 because % gets the remainder of a / 10

Example 2: python modulus

# the 1st technique is standard way of calculating modulus
# the 2nd technique is doing samething using // operator
print(10%7)
print(10 - (7 * (10//7)))

# Output:
# 3
# 3