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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       fmod, fmodf, fmodl — floating-point remainder value function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double fmod(double x, double y);
       float fmodf(float x, float y);
       long double fmodl(long double x, long double y);

DESCRIPTION

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       These functions shall return the floating-point remainder of the division of x by y.

       An  application  wishing  to  check for error situations should set errno to zero and call
       feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno  is  non-
       zero  or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero,
       an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE

       These functions shall return the value x-i*y, for some integer i such that, if y  is  non-
       zero, the result has the same sign as x and magnitude less than the magnitude of y.

       If  the  correct  value would cause underflow, and is not representable, a range error may
       occur, and fmod(), modf(), and fmodl() shall return 0.0, or (if the  IEC  60559  Floating-
       Point  option  is  not  supported) an implementation-defined value no greater in magnitude
       than DBL_MIN, FLT_MIN, and LDBL_MIN, respectively.

       If x or y is NaN, a NaN shall be returned, and none  of  the  conditions  below  shall  be
       considered.

       If y is zero, a domain error shall occur, and a NaN shall be returned.

       If x is infinite, a domain error shall occur, and a NaN shall be returned.

       If x is ±0 and y is not zero, ±0 shall be returned.

       If x is not infinite and y is ±Inf, x shall be returned.

       If  the correct value would cause underflow, and is representable, a range error may occur
       and the correct value shall be returned.

ERRORS

       These functions shall fail if:

       Domain Error
                   The x argument is infinite or y is zero.

                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)  is  non-zero,  then
                   errno  shall  be set to [EDOM].  If the integer expression (math_errhandling &
                   MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the invalid floating-point  exception  shall
                   be raised.

       These functions may fail if:

       Range Error The result underflows.

                   If  the  integer  expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then
                   errno shall be set to [ERANGE].  If the integer expression (math_errhandling &
                   MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall
                   be raised.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       On  error,  the  expressions  (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)  and  (math_errhandling  &
       MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan()

       Section 4.20, Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable  Operating  System  Interface
       (POSIX),  The  Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by
       the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The  Open  Group.   In  the
       event  of  any  discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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