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div(3) Library Functions Manualdiv(3)div, ldiv, lldiv, imaxdiv - compute quotient and remainder of an integer division
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <stdlib.h>div_t div(intnumerator, intdenominator);ldiv_t ldiv(longnumerator, longdenominator);lldiv_t lldiv(long longnumerator, long longdenominator);#include <inttypes.h>imaxdiv_t imaxdiv(intmax_tnumerator, intmax_tdenominator); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):lldiv(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
Thediv() function computes the valuenumerator/denominator and returns the quotient and remainder in a structure nameddiv_t that contains two integer members (in unspecified order) namedquot andrem. The quotient is rounded toward zero. The result satisfiesquot*denominator+rem = numerator. Theldiv(),lldiv(), andimaxdiv() functions do the same, dividing numbers of the indicated type and returning the result in a structure of the indicated name, in all cases with fieldsquot andrem of the same type as the function arguments.
Thediv_t (etc.) structure.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │div(),ldiv(),lldiv(),imaxdiv() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.lldiv() andimaxdiv() were added in C99.
After div_t q = div(-5, 3); the valuesq.quot andq.rem are -1 and -2, respectively.
abs(3),remainder(3)
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