ATOF
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1993-03-29
NAME
atof - convert a string to a double
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
double atof(const char *nptr);
DESCRIPTION
The
atof()
function converts the initial portion of the string
pointed to by nptr to
double.
The behavior is the same as
strtod(nptr, (char **) NULL);
except that
atof()
does not detect errors.
RETURN VALUE
The converted value.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO
atoi(3),
atol(3),
strtod(3),
strtol(3),
strtoul(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- RETURN VALUE
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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