10-31-2011
iirc, $(...) is the POSIX version, and backquoting functionality isn't required by the standard. Although I could be wrong...
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ATOF(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ATOF(3P)
PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
atof -- convert a string to a double-precision number
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
double atof(const char *str);
DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
The call atof(str) shall be equivalent to:
strtod(str,(char **)NULL),
except that the handling of errors may differ. If the value cannot be represented, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUE
The atof() function shall return the converted value if the value can be represented.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The atof() function is subsumed by strtod() but is retained because it is used extensively in existing code. If the number is not known to
be in range, strtod() should be used because atof() is not required to perform any error checking.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
strtod()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <stdlib.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE
/The Open Group 2013 ATOF(3P)