1.\" $OpenBSD: fmod.3,v 1.8 2007/05/31 19:19:35 jmc Exp $ 2.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 14.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 15.\" without specific prior written permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 18.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 20.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 21.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 23.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 24.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 25.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 26.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" from: @(#)fmod.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 32.Dt FMOD 3 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm fmod , 36.Nm fmodf 37.Nd floating-point remainder functions 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Fd #include <math.h> 40.Ft double 41.Fn fmod "double x" "double y" 42.Ft float 43.Fn fmodf "float x" "float y" 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Fn fmod 47function computes the floating-point remainder of 48.Fa x Ns / Fa y . 49The 50.Fn fmodf 51function is a single precision version of 52.Fn fmod . 53.Sh RETURN VALUES 54The 55.Fn fmod 56and 57.Fn fmodf 58functions return the value 59.Sm off 60.Fa x - Em i * Fa y , 61.Sm on 62for some integer 63.Em i 64such that, if 65.Fa y 66is non-zero, the result has the same sign as 67.Fa x 68and magnitude less than the magnitude of 69.Fa y . 70If 71.Fa y 72is zero, whether a domain error occurs or the 73.Fn fmod 74function returns zero is implementation-defined. 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr math 3 77.Sh STANDARDS 78The 79.Fn fmod 80function conforms to 81.St -ansiC . 82