Determining if a number is divisible by 1000












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I have a number such as:



a = 875952;


And I want to find if it is divisible by 1000.



Is there a concise way of doing that?






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    I have a number such as:



    a = 875952;


    And I want to find if it is divisible by 1000.



    Is there a concise way of doing that?






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      I have a number such as:



      a = 875952;


      And I want to find if it is divisible by 1000.



      Is there a concise way of doing that?






      functions number-theory







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      I have a number such as:



      a = 875952;


      And I want to find if it is divisible by 1000.



      Is there a concise way of doing that?






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          You can use Part:



          IntegerDigits[a][[-3 ;;]]



          {9, 5, 2}




          Update:




          "Actually I want to see whether a is divisible by 1000"




          Use Divisible:



          Divisible[a, 1000]



          False







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            It depends whether you want a three-digit number, in which case try using Mod, as in:



            Mod[a, 1000]


            If you want a List of the digits, then the other solutions above work fine.



            If your goal is instead to see whether a is (evenly) divisible by 1000, then:



            Mod[a,1000] == 0


            yields a True or False.



            Although I don't think this is quite what the OP requests, in response to @TheGreatDuck, here is (inefficient) code that gets the final three digits from any real number:



            a = 3454.983745; 
            
Take[
            
 NestWhile[
            
 If[Last[#] == 0, Drop[#, -1]] &, RealDigits[a][[1]], 
            
  Last[#] == 0 &], -3]





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            • Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
              – user61054
              21 hours ago






            • 7




              A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
              – David G. Stork
              21 hours ago










            • @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
              – The Great Duck
              19 hours ago












            • @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
              – David G. Stork
              19 hours ago










            • @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
              – The Great Duck
              19 hours ago











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            You can use Part:



            IntegerDigits[a][[-3 ;;]]



            {9, 5, 2}




            Update:




            "Actually I want to see whether a is divisible by 1000"




            Use Divisible:



            Divisible[a, 1000]



            False







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              11














              You can use Part:



              IntegerDigits[a][[-3 ;;]]



              {9, 5, 2}




              Update:




              "Actually I want to see whether a is divisible by 1000"




              Use Divisible:



              Divisible[a, 1000]



              False







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                You can use Part:



                IntegerDigits[a][[-3 ;;]]



                {9, 5, 2}




                Update:




                "Actually I want to see whether a is divisible by 1000"




                Use Divisible:



                Divisible[a, 1000]



                False







                share|improve this answer














                You can use Part:



                IntegerDigits[a][[-3 ;;]]



                {9, 5, 2}




                Update:




                "Actually I want to see whether a is divisible by 1000"




                Use Divisible:



                Divisible[a, 1000]



                False








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                    7














                    It depends whether you want a three-digit number, in which case try using Mod, as in:



                    Mod[a, 1000]


                    If you want a List of the digits, then the other solutions above work fine.



                    If your goal is instead to see whether a is (evenly) divisible by 1000, then:



                    Mod[a,1000] == 0


                    yields a True or False.



                    Although I don't think this is quite what the OP requests, in response to @TheGreatDuck, here is (inefficient) code that gets the final three digits from any real number:



                    a = 3454.983745; 
                    
Take[
                    
 NestWhile[
                    
 If[Last[#] == 0, Drop[#, -1]] &, RealDigits[a][[1]], 
                    
  Last[#] == 0 &], -3]





                    share|improve this answer























                    • Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                      – user61054
                      21 hours ago






                    • 7




                      A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                      – David G. Stork
                      21 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago












                    • @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                      – David G. Stork
                      19 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago
















                    7














                    It depends whether you want a three-digit number, in which case try using Mod, as in:



                    Mod[a, 1000]


                    If you want a List of the digits, then the other solutions above work fine.



                    If your goal is instead to see whether a is (evenly) divisible by 1000, then:



                    Mod[a,1000] == 0


                    yields a True or False.



                    Although I don't think this is quite what the OP requests, in response to @TheGreatDuck, here is (inefficient) code that gets the final three digits from any real number:



                    a = 3454.983745; 
                    
Take[
                    
 NestWhile[
                    
 If[Last[#] == 0, Drop[#, -1]] &, RealDigits[a][[1]], 
                    
  Last[#] == 0 &], -3]





                    share|improve this answer























                    • Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                      – user61054
                      21 hours ago






                    • 7




                      A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                      – David G. Stork
                      21 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago












                    • @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                      – David G. Stork
                      19 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago














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                    It depends whether you want a three-digit number, in which case try using Mod, as in:



                    Mod[a, 1000]


                    If you want a List of the digits, then the other solutions above work fine.



                    If your goal is instead to see whether a is (evenly) divisible by 1000, then:



                    Mod[a,1000] == 0


                    yields a True or False.



                    Although I don't think this is quite what the OP requests, in response to @TheGreatDuck, here is (inefficient) code that gets the final three digits from any real number:



                    a = 3454.983745; 
                    
Take[
                    
 NestWhile[
                    
 If[Last[#] == 0, Drop[#, -1]] &, RealDigits[a][[1]], 
                    
  Last[#] == 0 &], -3]





                    share|improve this answer














                    It depends whether you want a three-digit number, in which case try using Mod, as in:



                    Mod[a, 1000]


                    If you want a List of the digits, then the other solutions above work fine.



                    If your goal is instead to see whether a is (evenly) divisible by 1000, then:



                    Mod[a,1000] == 0


                    yields a True or False.



                    Although I don't think this is quite what the OP requests, in response to @TheGreatDuck, here is (inefficient) code that gets the final three digits from any real number:



                    a = 3454.983745; 
                    
Take[
                    
 NestWhile[
                    
 If[Last[#] == 0, Drop[#, -1]] &, RealDigits[a][[1]], 
                    
  Last[#] == 0 &], -3]






                    share|improve this answer














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                    • Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                      – user61054
                      21 hours ago






                    • 7




                      A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                      – David G. Stork
                      21 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago












                    • @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                      – David G. Stork
                      19 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago


















                    • Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                      – user61054
                      21 hours ago






                    • 7




                      A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                      – David G. Stork
                      21 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago












                    • @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                      – David G. Stork
                      19 hours ago










                    • @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                      – The Great Duck
                      19 hours ago
















                    Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                    – user61054
                    21 hours ago




                    Actually I want to see whether a is divisable by 1000, my ways is to judge the last number of a. But it seems complex. Do you have other ways? thanks.
                    – user61054
                    21 hours ago




                    7




                    7




                    A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                    – David G. Stork
                    21 hours ago




                    A recommendation: Always ask your actual question, rather than an intermediate question. You're more likely to get better answers.
                    – David G. Stork
                    21 hours ago












                    @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                    – The Great Duck
                    19 hours ago






                    @DavidG.Stork but what if by last 3 digits we mean last 3 digits of even decimal fractions such as 13.535 returning 535 or the list {5,3,5} or any other equivalent representation? Right now your formula gives the last three whole number place values along with the decimal fraction. (And yes, I can see the askers usage/intention was something very different but it would be interesting to see a more precise answer to the original question.)
                    – The Great Duck
                    19 hours ago














                    @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                    – David G. Stork
                    19 hours ago




                    @TheGreatDuck: The OP is rather confused about what is desired: "Actually I want to see whether $a$ is divisable by 1000." I tried to answer his actual question. If the OP wants something different, I'm happy to address that.
                    – David G. Stork
                    19 hours ago












                    @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                    – The Great Duck
                    19 hours ago




                    @DavidG.Stork no the op asked a completely different question in the comments. The desired question is what is posted in the question at the top of this page which asks for how "to get last 3 numbers of a". Your first formula does not do that. Any fraction will not return 3 numbers with that formula.
                    – The Great Duck
                    19 hours ago


















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