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33 .\" Modified 2002-08-10 Walter Harms
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37 .TH REMAINDER 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
39 drem, dremf, dreml, remainder, remainderf, remainderl \- \
40 floating-point remainder function
45 /* The C99 versions */
46 .BI "double remainder(double " x ", double " y );
47 .BI "float remainderf(float " x ", float " y );
48 .BI "long double remainderl(long double " x ", long double " y );
50 /* Obsolete synonyms */
51 .BI "double drem(double " x ", double " y );
52 .BI "float dremf(float " x ", float " y );
53 .BI "long double dreml(long double " x ", long double " y );
59 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
60 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
65 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
66 || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
67 .\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
68 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
69 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
75 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
76 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
77 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
84 /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
85 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
89 functions compute the remainder of dividing
94 \fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP,
99 rounded to the nearest integer.
100 If the absolute value of
101 \fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP
104 is chosen to be even.
106 These functions are unaffected by the current rounding mode (see
111 function does precisely the same thing.
114 functions return the floating-point remainder,
115 \fIx\fP\-\fIn\fP*\fIy\fP.
116 If the return value is 0, it has the sign of
123 is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
131 a domain error occurs, and
137 .\" FIXME . Instead, glibc gives a domain error even if x is a NaN
141 .\" Interestingly, remquo(3) does not have the same problem.
142 a domain error occurs, and
147 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
148 when calling these functions.
150 The following errors can occur:
152 Domain error: \fIx\fP is an infinity and \fIy\fP is not a NaN
157 An invalid floating-point exception
161 These functions do not set
165 Domain error: \fIy\fP is zero\" [XXX see bug above] and \fIx\fP is not a NaN
169 An invalid floating-point exception
173 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
181 Interface Attribute Value
189 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
201 are specified in C99, POSIX.1-2001, and POSIX.1-2008.
214 exist on some systems, such as Tru64 and glibc2.
215 Avoid the use of these functions in favor of
220 .\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6779
223 remainder(nan(""), 0);
225 returned a NaN, as expected, but wrongly caused a domain error.
226 Since glibc 2.15, a silent NaN (i.e., no domain error) is returned.
229 .\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6783
233 for the domain error that occurs when
239 The call "remainder(29.0, 3.0)" returns \-1.