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34.Dd April 3, 2022
35.Dt LDIV 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm ldiv
39.Nd return quotient and remainder from division
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In stdlib.h
44.Ft ldiv_t
45.Fn ldiv "long num" "long denom"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn ldiv
49function
50computes the value
51.Fa num Ns / Ns Fa denom
52and returns the quotient and remainder in a structure named
53.Vt ldiv_t
54that contains two
55.Vt long
56members named
57.Va quot
58and
59.Va rem .
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr div 3 ,
62.Xr imaxdiv 3 ,
63.Xr lldiv 3 ,
64.Xr math 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66The
67.Fn ldiv
68function
69conforms to
70.St -isoC-99 .
71.Sh HISTORY
72An
73.Fn ldiv
74function with similar functionality, but a different calling convention,
75first appeared in
76.At v4 .
77