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32.Dd April 3, 2022
33.Dt LDIV 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ldiv
37.Nd return quotient and remainder from division
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libc
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In stdlib.h
42.Ft ldiv_t
43.Fn ldiv "long num" "long denom"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn ldiv
47function
48computes the value
49.Fa num Ns / Ns Fa denom
50and returns the quotient and remainder in a structure named
51.Vt ldiv_t
52that contains two
53.Vt long
54members named
55.Va quot
56and
57.Va rem .
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr div 3 ,
60.Xr imaxdiv 3 ,
61.Xr lldiv 3 ,
62.Xr math 3
63.Sh STANDARDS
64The
65.Fn ldiv
66function
67conforms to
68.St -isoC-99 .
69.Sh HISTORY
70An
71.Fn ldiv
72function with similar functionality, but a different calling convention,
73first appeared in
74.At v4 .
75