NAME
remainder, remainderf, remainderl, remquo, remquof, remquol – minimal residue functions
LIBRARY
Math Library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double
remainder(double x, double y);
float
remainderf(float x, float y);
long double
remainderl(long double x, long double y);
double
remquo(double x, double y, int *quo);
float
remquof(float x, float y, int *quo);
long double
remquol(long double x, long double y, int *quo);
DESCRIPTION
remainder(), remainderf(), remainderl(), remquo(), remquof(), and remquol() return the remainder r := x - n∗y where n is the integer nearest the exact value of x/y; moreover if Fan - x/y = 1/2 then n is even. Consequently the remainder is computed exactly and Far
Fay/2. But attempting to take the remainder when y is 0 or x is is an invalid operation that produces a .
The remquo(), remquof(), and remquol() functions also store the last k bits of n in the location pointed to by quo, provided that n exists. The number of bits k is platform-specific, but is guaranteed to be at least 3.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The remainder(), remainderf(), remainderl(), remquo(), remquof(), and remquol() routines conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”). The remainder is as defined in IEEE Std 754-1985.
HISTORY
The remainder() and remainderf() functions appeared in 4.3BSD and FreeBSD 2.0, respectively. The remquo() and remquof() functions were added in FreeBSD 6.0, and remainderl() and remquol() were added in FreeBSD 8.0.