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35 .TH FMOD 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
37 fmod, fmodf, fmodl \- floating-point remainder function
42 .BI "double fmod(double " x ", double " y );
43 .BI "float fmodf(float " x ", float " y );
44 .BI "long double fmodl(long double " x ", long double " y );
50 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
51 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
57 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
58 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
59 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
62 These functions compute the floating-point remainder of dividing
78 rounded toward zero to an integer.
81 functions return the value \fIx\fP\ \-\ \fIn\fP*\fIy\fP,
84 such that the returned value has the same sign as
86 and a magnitude less than the magnitude of
93 is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
98 a domain error occurs, and
104 a domain error occurs, and
111 is not zero, +0 (\-0) is returned.
115 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
116 when calling these functions.
118 The following errors can occur:
120 Domain error: \fIx\fP is an infinity
125 An invalid floating-point exception
129 Domain error: \fIy\fP is zero
133 An invalid floating-point exception
136 .\" POSIX.1 documents an optional underflow error, but AFAICT it doesn't
137 .\" (can't?) occur -- mtk, Jul 2008
139 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
147 Interface Attribute Value
152 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
158 C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
160 The variant returning
165 Before version 2.10, the glibc implementation did not set
166 .\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6784
170 when a domain error occurred for an infinite