ATOF(3) |
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ATOF(3) |
NAME
atof — convert ASCII string to double
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
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 representation.
It is equivalent to:
strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
STANDARDS
The atof() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).