freebsd-nq/lib/msun/man/remainder.3
David Schultz 29bf6af890 - Move the functions presently described in in ieee(3) to their own
manpages.  They are not very related, so separating them makes it
  easier to add meaningful cross-references and extend some of the
  descriptions.
- Move the part of math(3) that discusses IEEE 754 to the ieee(3)
  manpage.
2005-01-27 05:46:17 +00:00

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.Dd January 26, 2005
.Dt REMAINDER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm remainder ,
.Nm remainderf
.Nd minimal residue functions
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libm
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In math.h
.Ft double
.Fn remainder "double x" "double y"
.Ft float
.Fn remainderf "float x" "float y"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn remainder
and
.Fn remainderf
return the remainder
.Fa r
:=
.Fa x
\-
.Fa n\(**y
where
.Fa n
is the integer nearest the exact value of
.Bk -words
.Fa x Ns / Ns Fa y ;
.Ek
moreover if
.Pf \\*(Ba Fa n
\-
.Sm off
.Fa x No / Fa y No \\*(Ba
.Sm on
=
1/2
then
.Fa n
is even.
Consequently
the remainder is computed exactly and
.Sm off
.Pf \\*(Ba Fa r No \\*(Ba
.Sm on
\*(Le
.Sm off
.Pf \\*(Ba Fa y No \\*(Ba/2 .
.Sm on
But
.Fn remainder x 0
and
.Fn remainder \*(If 0
are invalid operations that produce a \*(Na.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fmod 3 ,
.Xr ieee 3 ,
.Xr math 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn remainder
and
.Fn remainderf
routines conform to
.St -isoC-99
and
.St -ieee754 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn remainder
and
.Fn remainderf
functions appeared in
.Bx 4.3
and
.Fx 2.0 ,
respectively.