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Name

fmod, fmodf, fmodl - floating-point remainder function

Synopsis


#include <math.h>
double fmod(double x, double y);
float fmodf(float x, float y);
long double fmodl(long double x, long double y);

Description

The fmod() function computes the remainder of dividing x by y. The return value is x - n * y, where n is the quotient of x / y, rounded towards zero to an integer.

Return Value

The fmod() function returns the remainder, unless y is zero, when the function fails and errno is set.

Errors

EDOM
The denominator y is zero.

Conforming to

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899. The float and the long double variants are C99 requirements.

See Also

remainder(3)


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