I don't understand some code from LEC 10.
numBuckets = 47 #this is ugly. We will see a better way soon

def create():
global numBuckets
hSet = []
for i in range(numBuckets):
hSet.append([])
return hSet

def hashElem(e):
global numBuckets
return e%numBuckets

Why, when I do hashElem(1234) does it print 12?

Question

I don't understand some code from LEC 10. 
numBuckets = 47  #this is ugly.  We will see a better way soon

def create():
    global numBuckets
    hSet = []
    for i in range(numBuckets):
        hSet.append([])
    return hSet

def hashElem(e):
    global numBuckets
    return e%numBuckets     

Why, when I do hashElem(1234) does it print 12?

e.mccormick · Answer

Know what % means in Python (and most programming languages)?