div(3) Library Functions Manual div(3)
Name
div, ldiv - integer division
Syntax
#include <stdlib.h>
div_t div(numer, denom)
int numer;
int denom;
ldiv_t ldiv(numer, denom)
long numer;
long denom;
Description
The and functions return the quotient and remainder of the division of the numerator numer by the denominator denom.
The return types div_t and ldiv_t are defined, in stdlib.h, as follows:
typedef struct {
int quot; /* quotient */
int rem; /* remainder */
} div_t; /* result of div() */
typedef struct {
long quot; /* quotient */
long rem; /* remainder */
} ldiv_t; /* result of ldiv() */
Restrictions
If division by zero is attempted, the behavior of and is undefined.
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