is there an alternative to using mod "%" in python

Question

I am trying to cycle through a list of numbers (mostly decimals), but I want to return both 0.0 and the max number. for example

maxNum = 3.0 
steps = 5
increment = 0
time = 10
while increment < time:
    print increment * (maxNum / steps)% maxNum
    increment+=1

#

I am getting this as an output

0.0
0.6
1.2
1.8
2.4
0.0

but I want 3.0 as the largest number and to start back at 0.0 I.E.

0.0
0.6
1.2
1.8
2.4
3.0
0.0

Note, I have to avoid logical loops for the calculation part.

Answer 1

You could create the numbers that you want then use itertools.cycle to cycle through them:

import itertools
nums  = itertools.cycle(0.6*i for i in range(6))
for t in range(10):
    print(next(nums))

Output:

0.0
0.6
1.2
1.7999999999999998
2.4
3.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
1.7999999999999998

Answer 2

You could make a if statement that looks ahead if the next printed number is 0.0 then print the maxNum

maxNum = 3.0
steps = 5
increment = 0
time = 10

while increment < time:
    print(round(increment * (maxNum / steps)% maxNum, 2))
    increment+=1
    if (round(increment * (maxNum / steps)% maxNum, 2)) == 0.0:
        print(maxNum)

0.0
0.6
1.2
1.8
2.4
3.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
1.8
2.4
3.0

Answer 3

Only small change did the trick:

maxNum = 3.0
steps = 5
i = 0
times = 10
step = maxNum / steps
while (i < times):
    print(step * (i % (steps + 1)))
    i += 1

0.0
0.6
1.2
1.7999999999999998
2.4
3.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
1.7999999999999998