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This challenge, while probably trivial in most "standard" languages, is addressed to those languages which are so esoteric, low-level, and/or difficult to use that are very rarely seen on this site. It should provide an interesting problem to solve, so this is your occasion to try that weird language you've read about!

The task

Take two natural numbers a and b as input, and output two other numbers: the result of the integer division a/b, and the remainder of such division (a%b).

This is : shortest answer (in bytes), for each language, wins!

Input/Output

  • 0<=a<=255, 1<=b<=255. Each of your inputs (and outputs too) will fit in a single byte.
  • You may choose any format you like for both input and output, as long as the two numbers are clearly distinguishable (e.g. no printing the two results together without a delimiter)

Examples

a,b->division,remainder
5,7->0,5
5,1->5,0
18,4->4,2
255,25->10,5

Note: Builtins that return both the result of the division and the remainder are forbidden. At least show us how your language deals with applying two functions to the same arguments.

Note 2: As always, an explanation of how your code works is very welcome, even if it looks readable to you it may not be so for someone else!


The Catalogue

The Stack Snippet at the bottom of this post generates the catalogue from the answers a) as a list of shortest solution per language and b) as an overall leaderboard.

To make sure that your answer shows up, please start your answer with a headline, using the following Markdown template:

## Language Name, N bytes

where N is the size of your submission. If you improve your score, you can keep old scores in the headline, by striking them through. For instance:

## Ruby, <s>104</s> <s>101</s> 96 bytes

If there you want to include multiple numbers in your header (e.g. because your score is the sum of two files or you want to list interpreter flag penalties separately), make sure that the actual score is the last number in the header:

## Perl, 43 + 2 (-p flag) = 45 bytes

You can also make the language name a link which will then show up in the snippet:

## [><>](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Fish), 121 bytes

/* Configuration */

var QUESTION_ID = 114003; // Obtain this from the url
// It will be like https://XYZ.stackexchange.com/questions/QUESTION_ID/... on any question page
var ANSWER_FILTER = "!t)IWYnsLAZle2tQ3KqrVveCRJfxcRLe";
var COMMENT_FILTER = "!)Q2B_A2kjfAiU78X(md6BoYk";
var OVERRIDE_USER = 8478; // This should be the user ID of the challenge author.

/* App */

var answers = [], answers_hash, answer_ids, answer_page = 1, more_answers = true, comment_page;

function answersUrl(index) {
  return "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/" +  QUESTION_ID + "/answers?page=" + index + "&pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=creation&site=codegolf&filter=" + ANSWER_FILTER;
}

function commentUrl(index, answers) {
  return "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/answers/" + answers.join(';') + "/comments?page=" + index + "&pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=creation&site=codegolf&filter=" + COMMENT_FILTER;
}

function getAnswers() {
  jQuery.ajax({
    url: answersUrl(answer_page++),
    method: "get",
    dataType: "jsonp",
    crossDomain: true,
    success: function (data) {
      answers.push.apply(answers, data.items);
      answers_hash = [];
      answer_ids = [];
      data.items.forEach(function(a) {
        a.comments = [];
        var id = +a.share_link.match(/\d+/);
        answer_ids.push(id);
        answers_hash[id] = a;
      });
      if (!data.has_more) more_answers = false;
      comment_page = 1;
      getComments();
    }
  });
}

function getComments() {
  jQuery.ajax({
    url: commentUrl(comment_page++, answer_ids),
    method: "get",
    dataType: "jsonp",
    crossDomain: true,
    success: function (data) {
      data.items.forEach(function(c) {
        if (c.owner.user_id === OVERRIDE_USER)
          answers_hash[c.post_id].comments.push(c);
      });
      if (data.has_more) getComments();
      else if (more_answers) getAnswers();
      else process();
    }
  });  
}

getAnswers();

var SCORE_REG = /<h\d>\s*([^\n,<]*(?:<(?:[^\n>]*>[^\n<]*<\/[^\n>]*>)[^\n,<]*)*),.*?(\d+)(?=[^\n\d<>]*(?:<(?:s>[^\n<>]*<\/s>|[^\n<>]+>)[^\n\d<>]*)*<\/h\d>)/;

var OVERRIDE_REG = /^Override\s*header:\s*/i;

function getAuthorName(a) {
  return a.owner.display_name;
}

function process() {
  var valid = [];
  
  answers.forEach(function(a) {
    var body = a.body;
    a.comments.forEach(function(c) {
      if(OVERRIDE_REG.test(c.body))
        body = '<h1>' + c.body.replace(OVERRIDE_REG, '') + '</h1>';
    });
    
    var match = body.match(SCORE_REG);
    if (match)
      valid.push({
        user: getAuthorName(a),
        size: +match[2],
        language: match[1],
        link: a.share_link,
      });
    else console.log(body);
  });
  
  valid.sort(function (a, b) {
    var aB = a.size,
        bB = b.size;
    return aB - bB
  });

  var languages = {};
  var place = 1;
  var lastSize = null;
  var lastPlace = 1;
  valid.forEach(function (a) {
    if (a.size != lastSize)
      lastPlace = place;
    lastSize = a.size;
    ++place;
    
    var answer = jQuery("#answer-template").html();
    answer = answer.replace("{{PLACE}}", lastPlace + ".")
                   .replace("{{NAME}}", a.user)
                   .replace("{{LANGUAGE}}", a.language)
                   .replace("{{SIZE}}", a.size)
                   .replace("{{LINK}}", a.link);
    answer = jQuery(answer);
    jQuery("#answers").append(answer);

    var lang = a.language;
    lang = jQuery('<a>'+lang+'</a>').text();
    
    languages[lang] = languages[lang] || {lang: a.language, lang_raw: lang, user: a.user, size: a.size, link: a.link};
  });

  var langs = [];
  for (var lang in languages)
    if (languages.hasOwnProperty(lang))
      langs.push(languages[lang]);

  langs.sort(function (a, b) {
    if (a.lang_raw.toLowerCase() > b.lang_raw.toLowerCase()) return 1;
    if (a.lang_raw.toLowerCase() < b.lang_raw.toLowerCase()) return -1;
    return 0;
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  for (var i = 0; i < langs.length; ++i)
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    var language = jQuery("#language-template").html();
    var lang = langs[i];
    language = language.replace("{{LANGUAGE}}", lang.lang)
                       .replace("{{NAME}}", lang.user)
                       .replace("{{SIZE}}", lang.size)
                       .replace("{{LINK}}", lang.link);
    language = jQuery(language);
    jQuery("#languages").append(language);
  }

}
body {
  text-align: left !important;
  display: block !important;
}

#answer-list {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 290px;
  float: left;
}

#language-list {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 500px;
  float: left;
}

table thead {
  font-weight: bold;
}

table td {
  padding: 5px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/codegolf/all.css?v=ffb5d0584c5f">
<div id="language-list">
  <h2>Shortest Solution by Language</h2>
  <table class="language-list">
    <thead>
      <tr><td>Language</td><td>User</td><td>Score</td></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="languages">

    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<div id="answer-list">
  <h2>Leaderboard</h2>
  <table class="answer-list">
    <thead>
      <tr><td></td><td>Author</td><td>Language</td><td>Size</td></tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="answers">

    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>
<table style="display: none">
  <tbody id="answer-template">
    <tr><td>{{PLACE}}</td><td>{{NAME}}</td><td>{{LANGUAGE}}</td><td>{{SIZE}}</td><td><a href="{{LINK}}">Link</a></td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<table style="display: none">
  <tbody id="language-template">
    <tr><td>{{LANGUAGE}}</td><td>{{NAME}}</td><td>{{SIZE}}</td><td><a href="{{LINK}}">Link</a></td></tr>
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Can I reverse the arguments, i.e. instead of providing a b providing b a instead? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:29
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EriktheOutgolfer: You may choose any format you like for both input and output, as long as the two numbers are clearly distinguishable \$\endgroup\$
    – Emigna
    Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Emigna Yeah, I was not sure if reversing didn't make them indistinguishable though. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:32
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EriktheOutgolfer if you know that they need to be reversed you have no problem in distinguishing them :) \$\endgroup\$
    – Leo
    Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:45
  • \$\begingroup\$ Unfortunately, the BF algorithm doesn't work if the divisor is 1. \$\endgroup\$
    – mbomb007
    Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:45

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Forth, 25 bytes

: f 2dup / -rot mod ;

Try it online

Input like a b, output like remainder quotient.

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Elixir, 24 bytes

&{div(&1,&2),rem(&1,&2)}

Anonymous function which uses the capture operator and returns a tuple containing the results.

Full program with test cases (and yes, the . in the function call is required!):

f =
&{div(&1,&2),rem(&1,&2)}

# test cases:
IO.inspect f.(5,7)      # 0,5
IO.inspect f.(5,1)      # 5,0
IO.inspect f.(18,4)     # 4,2
IO.inspect f.(255,25)   # 10,5

Try it online on Elixir Playground.

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CJam, 7 bytes

q_~/n~%

Try it online!

n = print with trailing newline

-2 thanks to Martin Ender.
-3 thanks to Peter Taylor and Basic Sunset.I was thinking eval first then the rest.

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    \$\begingroup\$ You can save a few bytes by duplicating the input string before evaling it: q_~/n~% \$\endgroup\$ Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 14:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ It's worth noting that without the rule against divmod, this would be q~mdp (5 bytes): Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
    – Deadcode
    Commented Apr 5, 2021 at 23:30
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Math++, 18 bytes

?>a
?>b
_(a/b)
a%b
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0
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ForceLang, 106 bytes

def N io.readnum()
def S set
S W gui.show
S a N
S b N
W S c math.floor a.mult b.pow -1
S c c.mult b
W a+-c
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Lua, 40 Bytes

a=arg;io.write(a[1]//a[2],",",a[1]%a[2])
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  • \$\begingroup\$ You can any format you like for output, as long as the two numbers are distinguishable. a=arg;print(a[1]//a[2],a[1]%a[2]) is 33 bytes: Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
    – Deadcode
    Commented Apr 5, 2021 at 23:37
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Pyth, 7 bytes

/QKE%QK

Online interpreter

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  • \$\begingroup\$ It's worth noting that without the rule against divmod, this would be .DE (3 bytes): Try it online! \$\endgroup\$
    – Deadcode
    Commented Apr 5, 2021 at 23:36
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Sinclair ZX80 16-bit Integer BASIC (4K ROM), ~152 BASIC bytes used (listing)

 1 LET R=0
 2 PRINT "ENTER A NUMBER THEN DIVISOR"
 3 INPUT Z
 4 INPUT D
 5 PRINT Z;"/";D;"=";
 6 GO SUB 9
 7 PRINT R;" REMAINDER ";Z
 8 STOP
 9 FOR I=1 TO 0
10 LET Z=Z-D
11 LET R=R+1
12 LET I=(Z>D)+(Z=D)
13 NEXT I
14 RETURN

Some notes:

Because the ZX80 (with the old ROM) can only handle 16-bit signed integer numbers, your range is -32768 to +32767 for your inputs. There is no native modulo function, nor does there seem to be a >= (if there is then I can't find it) - hence why this had to be split in line 12.

I haven't handled the division by zero in the program, but I guess that it entering 0 as your divisor will keep the sub-routine from line 9 in an infinite loop (as it should), except for the 16-bit integer range, so Z/0 should be Z r ∞.

The byte count is only an approximation for now.

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W r, 3 bytes

/@m

Explanation

abab    % Implicit ops
    /   % Divide a by b.                Stack: a b (a/b)
     @  % Roll down to show 2 operands. Stack: (a/b) a b
      m % Modulo the operands.          Stack: (a/b) (a%b)

% Output the whole stack
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