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fea681da 1.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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32.\" Modified 1993-07-24 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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35.\" Modified 2003-11-18, 2004-10-05 aeb
36.\"
4b8c67d9 37.TH REMAINDER 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
fea681da 38.SH NAME
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39drem, dremf, dreml, remainder, remainderf, remainderl \- \
40floating-point remainder function
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41.SH SYNOPSIS
42.nf
43.B #include <math.h>
68e4db0a 44.PP
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45/* The C99 versions */
46.BI "double remainder(double " x ", double " y );
47.BI "float remainderf(float " x ", float " y );
48.BI "long double remainderl(long double " x ", long double " y );
68e4db0a 49.PP
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50/* Obsolete synonyms */
51.BI "double drem(double " x ", double " y );
52.BI "float dremf(float " x ", float " y );
53.BI "long double dreml(long double " x ", long double " y );
68e4db0a 54.PP
fea681da 55.fi
20c58d70 56Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
68e4db0a 57.PP
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58.in -4n
59Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
60.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
61.in
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57e4e4d3 64.BR remainder ():
1d8e7622 65.RS 4
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66_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
67 || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500
68.\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
69 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
70 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
1d8e7622 71.RE
57e4e4d3 72.br
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73.BR remainderf (),
74.BR remainderl ():
1d8e7622 75.RS 4
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76_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
77 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
78 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
1d8e7622 79.RE
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80.br
81.BR drem (),
e0bf9127 82.BR dremf (),
cc4615cc 83.BR dreml ():
1d8e7622 84.RS 4
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85/* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
86 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
1d8e7622 87.RE
cc4615cc 88.ad b
fea681da 89.SH DESCRIPTION
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90These
91functions compute the remainder of dividing
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92.I x
93by
94.IR y .
95The return value is
57e4e4d3 96\fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP,
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97where
98.I n
99is the value
646b2977 100.IR "x\ /\ y" ,
fea681da 101rounded to the nearest integer.
385cf745 102If the absolute value of
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103\fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP
104is 0.5,
105.I n
106is chosen to be even.
847e0d88 107.PP
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108These functions are unaffected by the current rounding mode (see
109.BR fenv (3)).
dd3568a1 110.PP
fea681da 111The
63aa9df0 112.BR drem ()
fea681da 113function does precisely the same thing.
47297adb 114.SH RETURN VALUE
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115On success, these
116functions return the floating-point remainder,
117\fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP.
118If the return value is 0, it has the sign of
119.IR x .
847e0d88 120.PP
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121If
122.I x
123or
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57e4e4d3 125is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 126.PP
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127If
128.I x
385cf745 129is an infinity,
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130and
131.I y
132is not a NaN,
efe294cb 133a domain error occurs, and
57e4e4d3 134a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 135.PP
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136If
137.I y
138is zero,
139.\" FIXME . Instead, glibc gives a domain error even if x is a NaN
140and
141.I x
142is not a NaN,
143.\" Interestingly, remquo(3) does not have the same problem.
efe294cb 144a domain error occurs, and
57e4e4d3 145a NaN is returned.
fea681da 146.SH ERRORS
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147See
148.BR math_error (7)
149for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
150when calling these functions.
151.PP
152The following errors can occur:
fea681da 153.TP
57e4e4d3 154Domain error: \fIx\fP is an infinity and \fIy\fP is not a NaN
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155.I errno
156is set to
157.BR EDOM
158(but see BUGS).
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159An invalid floating-point exception
160.RB ( FE_INVALID )
161is raised.
162.IP
163These functions do not set
164.IR errno
165for this case.
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166.TP
167Domain error: \fIy\fP is zero\" [XXX see bug above] and \fIx\fP is not a NaN
168.I errno
169is set to
170.BR EDOM .
171An invalid floating-point exception
172.RB ( FE_INVALID )
173is raised.
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174.SH ATTRIBUTES
175For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
176.BR attributes (7).
177.TS
178allbox;
179lbw26 lb lb
180l l l.
181Interface Attribute Value
182T{
183.BR drem (),
184.BR dremf (),
185.BR dreml (),
186.br
187.BR remainder (),
188.BR remainderf (),
189.br
190.BR remainderl ()
191T} Thread safety MT-Safe
192.TE
47297adb 193.SH CONFORMING TO
57e4e4d3 194.\" IEC 60559.
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195The functions
196.BR remainder (),
197.BR remainderf (),
198and
f87925c6 199.BR remainderl ()
9a0216ac 200are specified in C99, POSIX.1-2001, and POSIX.1-2008.
847e0d88 201.PP
fea681da 202The function
63aa9df0 203.BR drem ()
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204is from 4.3BSD.
205The
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206.I float
207and
208.I "long double"
c13182ef 209variants
63aa9df0 210.BR dremf ()
fea681da 211and
63aa9df0 212.BR dreml ()
fea681da 213exist on some systems, such as Tru64 and glibc2.
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214Avoid the use of these functions in favor of
215.BR remainder ()
216etc.
57e4e4d3 217.SH BUGS
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218Before glibc 2.15,
219.\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6779
220the call
847e0d88 221.PP
57e4e4d3 222 remainder(nan(""), 0);
847e0d88 223.PP
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224returned a NaN, as expected, but wrongly caused a domain error.
225Since glibc 2.15, a silent NaN (i.e., no domain error) is returned.
847e0d88 226.PP
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227Before glibc 2.15,
228.\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6783
229.I errno
230was not set to
231.BR EDOM
232for the domain error that occurs when
233.I x
234is an infinity and
235.I y
236is not a NaN.
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237.SH EXAMPLE
238The call "remainder(29.0, 3.0)" returns \-1.
47297adb 239.SH SEE ALSO
b1e10d40 240.BR div (3),
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241.BR fmod (3),
242.BR remquo (3)