Integer Division (unsigned) With Remainder
The following algorithm, the binary version of the famous long division, will divide N by D, placing the quotient in Q and the remainder in R. All values are treated as unsigned integers.]]
if D == 0 then throw DivisionByZeroException end
Q := 0 initialize quotient and remainder to zero
R := 0
for i = n-1...0 do " where n is number of bits " R := R << 1 left-shift R by 1 bit R(0) := N(i) set the least-significant bit of R equal to bit i of the numerator if R >= D then R = R - D Q(i) := 1 end
end
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