21 lines
709 B
Groff
21 lines
709 B
Groff
.TH REMAINDER 3 "December 18, 2009"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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remainder \- floating point remainder after division
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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#include <math.h>
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double remainder(double \fIx\fP, double \fIy\fP);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function returns the remainder of a division of \fIx\fP by \fIy\fP. More
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formally, it computes which integer \fIn\fP is closest to the fraction
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\fIx\fP/\fIy\fP and returns \fIx\fP - \fIn\fP*\fIy\fP. An even value for
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\fIn\fP is preferred over an odd one if both are equally far away (that is,
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banker's rounding is applied). If \fIx\fP is infinite or \fIy\fP is zero,
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a NaN value is returned.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The function returns the remainder of a division of \fIx\fP by \fIy\fP.
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