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DIV(3)                        Linux Programmer's Manual                        DIV(3)

NAME         top

       div, ldiv, lldiv, imaxdiv - compute quotient and remainder of an integer divi-
       sion

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdlib.h>

       div_t div(int numerator, int denominator);
       ldiv_t ldiv(long numerator, long denominator);
       lldiv_t lldiv(long long numerator, long long denominator);

       #include <inttypes.h>

       imaxdiv_t imaxdiv(intmax_t numerator, intmax_t denominator);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       lldiv():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION         top

       The div() function computes the value numerator/denominator and returns the
       quotient and remainder in a structure named div_t that contains two integer
       members (in unspecified order) named quot and rem.  The quotient is rounded
       toward zero.  The result satisfies quot*denominator+rem = numerator.

       The ldiv(), lldiv(), and imaxdiv() 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 fields quot and rem of the same type as the function
       arguments.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The div_t (etc.) structure.

CONFORMING TO         top

       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.  The functions lldiv() and imaxdiv() were added in C99.

EXAMPLE         top

       After

               div_t q = div(-5, 3);

       the values q.quot and q.rem are -1 and -2, respectively.

SEE ALSO         top

       abs(3), remainder(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.32 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/.

                                      2010-09-20                               DIV(3)

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