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34.Dd February 18, 2026
35.Dt DIV 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm div ,
39.Nm ldiv ,
40.Nm lldiv ,
41.Nm imaxdiv
42.Nd return quotient and remainder from division
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Lb libc
45.In stdlib.h
46.Ft div_t
47.Fn div "int numer" "int denom"
48.Ft ldiv_t
49.Fn ldiv "long numer" "long denom"
50.Ft lldiv_t
51.Fn lldiv "long long numer" "long long denom"
52.In inttypes.h
53.Ft imaxdiv_t
54.Fn imaxdiv "intmax_t numer" "intmax_t denom"
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Fn div ,
58.Fn ldiv ,
59.Fn lldiv ,
60and
61.Fn imaxdiv
62functions compute the value of
63.Fa numer
64(the numerator) divided by
65.Fa denom
66(the denominator) and return the stored result in the form of the
67.Fa div_t ,
68.Fa ldiv_t ,
69.Fa lldiv_t ,
70or
71.Fa imaxdiv_t
72types, respectively.
73These types are structs which contain two
74.Vt int ,
75.Vt long ,
76.Vt long long ,
77or
78.Vt intmax_t
79members named
80.Va quot
81(the quotient) and
82.Va rem
83(the remainder).
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Fn div ,
87.Fn ldiv ,
88.Fn lldiv ,
89and
90.Fn imaxdiv
91functions conform to
92.St -isoC-2023
93and
94.St -p1003.1-2024 .
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Fn div
98and
99.Fn ldiv
100functions first appeared in
101.Bx 4.3 .
102The
103.Fn lldiv
104and
105.Fn imaxdiv
106functions first appeared in
107.Fx 5.0 .
108