ATOF
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME
atof - convert a string to a doubleSYNOPSIS
#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 asstrtod(nptr, NULL);
except that atof() does not detect errors.
RETURN VALUE
The converted value.ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| atof() | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)COLOPHON
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Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUE
- ATTRIBUTES
- CONFORMING TO
- SEE ALSO
- COLOPHON