Name
drem, dremf, dreml, remainder, remainderf, remainderl — floating-point remainder function
Synopsis
#include <math.h> /* The C99 versions */
double
remainder( |
double x, |
double y); |
float
remainderf( |
float x, |
float y); |
long double
remainderl( |
long double x, |
long double y); |
/* Obsolete synonyms */
double
drem( |
double x, |
double y); |
float
dremf( |
float x, |
float y); |
long double
dreml( |
long double x, |
long double y); |
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DESCRIPTION
The remainder() function
computes the remainder of dividing x by y. The return value is
x−n*y,
where n is the value
x / y, rounded to the
nearest integer. If the absolute value of x−n*y
is 0.5, n is chosen to be
even.
These functions are unaffected by the current rounding mode (see fenv(3)).
The drem() function does
precisely the same thing.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the floating-point
remainder, x−n*y.
If the return value is 0, it has the sign of x.
If x or y is a NaN, a NaN is
returned.
If x is an
infinity, and y is
not a NaN, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.
If y is zero, and
x is not a NaN, a
domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.
ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Domain error:
xis an infinity andyis not a NaN -
An invalid floating-point exception (
FE_INVALID) is raised.These functions do not set
errnofor this case. - Domain error:
yis zero -
errnois set to EDOM. An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised.
CONFORMING TO
The functions remainder(),
remainderf(), and remainderl() are specified in C99 and
POSIX.1-2001.
The function drem() is from
4.3BSD. The float and long double variants dremf() and dreml() exist on some systems, such as
Tru64 and glibc2. Avoid the use of these functions in favor
of remainder() etc.
BUGS
The call
remainder(nan(""), 0);
returns a NaN, as expected, but wrongly causes a domain error; it should yield a silent NaN.
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.52 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.
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