ATOF(3) 						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						   ATOF(3)

NAME

     atof, atof_l -- convert ASCII string to double

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     double
     atof(const char *str);

     #include <xlocale.h>

     double
     atof_l(const char *str, locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION

     The atof() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by str to double representation.

     It is equivalent to:

	   strtod(str, (char **)NULL);

     The decimal point character is defined in the program's locale (category LC_NUMERIC).

     While the atof() function uses the current locale, the atof_l() function may be passed a locale directly. See xlocale(3) for more informa-
     tion.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

     The atof() and atof_l() functions are thread-safe and async-cancel-safe.

     The strtod() and strtod_l() functions are recommended instead of atof() and atof_l() functions, especially in new code.

ERRORS

     The function atof() need not affect the value of errno on an error.

SEE ALSO

     atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3), xlocale(3)

STANDARDS

     The atof() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1''), ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90''), and ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

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								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD