C++ Best way to get integer division and remainder

Question

I am just wondering, if I want to divide a by b, and am interested both in the result c and the remainder (e.g. say I have number of seconds and want to split that into minu

Answer 1

On x86 at least, g++ 4.6.1 just uses IDIVL and gets both from that single instruction.

C++ code:

void foo(int a, int b, int* c, int* d)
{
  *c = a / b;
  *d = a % b;
}

x86 code:

__Z3fooiiPiS_:
LFB4:
    movq    %rdx, %r8
    movl    %edi, %edx
    movl    %edi, %eax
    sarl    $31, %edx
    idivl   %esi
    movl    %eax, (%r8)
    movl    %edx, (%rcx)
    ret