.TH INTDIV 3am "Apr 15 2026" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules"
.SH NAME
intdiv \- perform integer division in one operation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft CW
@load "intdiv"
.sp
success = intdiv(numerator, denominator, result)
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I intdiv
extension
provides a single function that performs
integer division, similar to the standard C
\f(CWdiv()\fP function.
.TP
.BI intdiv( numerator\^ ", " denominator\^ ", " result\^ )
First, truncate
.I numerator
and
.I denominator
towards zero, creating integer values.  Clear the 
.I result
array, and then set
.B result["quotient"]
to the result of
.IR "numerator / denominator" ,
truncated towards zero to an integer,
and set
.B result["remainder"]
to the result of
.IR "numerator % denominator" ,
truncated towards zero to an integer.
Attempting division by zero causes a fatal error.
The function returns zero upon success, and \-1 upon error.
.PP
This function is useful
primarily with GMP arbitrary length integers; it avoids
creating MPFR arbitrary precision floating-point values.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR "GAWK: Effective AWK Programming" ,
and the man pages for the other extensions shipped with
.IR gawk .
.PP
.IR div (3).
.SH AUTHOR
Arnold Robbins,
.BR arnold@skeeve.com .
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