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);
[Note] Note
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
remainder(), remainderf(), remainderl():
_SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _ISOC99_SOURCE;
or cc -std=c99
drem(), dremf(), dreml():
_SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
[Note] Note

Link with −lm.

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 this quotient is 1/2 (mod 1), it is rounded to the nearest even number (independent of the current rounding mode). If the return value is 0, it has the sign of x.

The drem() function does precisely the same thing.

RETURN VALUE

The remainder() function returns the remainder, unless y is zero, when the function fails and errno is set.

ERRORS

EDOM

The denominator y is zero.

CONFORMING TO

IEC 60559. The functions remainder(), remainderf(), and remainderl() are from C99. 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.

EXAMPLE

The call "remainder(29.0, 3.0)" returns −1.

SEE ALSO

fmod(3), remquo(3)

COLOPHON

This page is part of release 2.79 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/.


  Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (davidprism.demon.co.uk)

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