QECVT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2010-09-20
NAME
qecvt, qfcvt, qgcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
char *qecvt(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
int *sign);
char *qfcvt(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
int *sign);
char *qgcvt(long double number, int ndigit, char *buf);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
qecvt(),
qfcvt(),
qgcvt():
_SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The functions
qecvt(),
qfcvt()
and
qgcvt()
are identical to
ecvt(3),
fcvt(3)
and
gcvt(3)
respectively, except that they use a
long double
argument
number.
See
ecvt(3)
and
gcvt(3).
CONFORMING TO
SVr4.
Not seen in most common Unix implementations,
but occurs in SunOS.
Not supported by libc4 and libc5.
Supported by glibc.
NOTES
These functions are obsolete.
Instead,
sprintf(3)
is recommended.
SEE ALSO
ecvt(3),
ecvt_r(3),
gcvt(3),
sprintf(3)
COLOPHON
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project.
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can be found at
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Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- CONFORMING TO
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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