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muldiv.3 (640B)

      1 .TH MULDIV 3
      2 .SH NAME
      3 muldiv, umuldiv \- high-precision multiplication and division
      4 .SH SYNOPSIS
      5 .B #include <u.h>
      6 .br
      7 .B #include <libc.h>
      8 .PP
      9 .B
     10 long  muldiv(long a, long b, long c)
     11 .PP
     12 .B
     13 ulong umuldiv(ulong a, ulong b, ulong c)
     14 .SH DESCRIPTION
     15 .I Muldiv
     16 returns
     17 .BR a*b/c ,
     18 using a
     19 .B vlong
     20 to hold the intermediate result.
     21 .I Umuldiv
     22 is the equivalent for unsigned integers.
     23 They can be used to scale integer values without worry about
     24 overflowing the intermediate result.
     25 .PP
     26 On some architectures, these routines can generate a trap if the
     27 final result does not fit in a
     28 .B long
     29 or
     30 .BR ulong ;
     31 on others they will silently truncate.