I am puzled about numbers

[Peter Hansen]

Bengt Richter wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:43:42 -0700, "A Evans" <ae> wrote:
> 
>>Hello I came across an interesting loop in math today
>>To me its interesting anyway I don't know if it will interest you
[snip]
>>I guess that just goes to show nine is a universal number
>>or am I just completely insane and everyone knows this already
> 
>  1: 7 % 777 => 7
>  2: 77 % 777 => 77
>  3: 777 % 777 => 0
>  4: 7777 % 777 => 7
>  5: 77777 % 777 => 77
>  6: 777777 % 777 => 0
>  7: 7777777 % 777 => 7
>  8: 77777777 % 777 => 77
>  9: 777777777 % 777 => 0
> 
> Careful not to jump to conclusions ;-)

So what?  Everyone knows that 7 is also a universal number!  ;-)

-Peter