hpux man page for ecvt

ecvt(3C)																  ecvt(3C)

NAME
       ecvt(), fcvt(), gcvt() - convert floating-point number to string

SYNOPSIS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
       Converts    value  to  a  null-terminated  string  of ndigit digits and returns a pointer to the string.  The high-order digit is non-zero,
		   unless the value is zero.  The low-order digit is rounded.  The position of the radix character relative to	the  beginning	of
		   the	string is stored indirectly through decpt (negative means to the left of the returned digits).	The radix character is not
		   included in the returned string.  If the sign of the result is negative, the word pointed to by sign is non-zero, otherwise	it
		   is zero.

		   One	of  three  non-digit characters strings could be returned if the converted value is out of range.  A or is returned if the
		   value is larger than the exponent can contain, and is negative, or positive, respectively.  The third string is returned if the
		   number is illegal, a zero divide for example.  The result value is Not A Number (NAN) and would return a character.

       Identical to
		   except  that  the  correct  digit  has  been  rounded for printf (FORTRAN F-format) output of the number of digits specified by
		   ndigit.

       Converts the
		   value to a null-terminated string in the array pointed to by buf and returns buf.  It produces  ndigit  significant	digits	in
		   FORTRAN  F-format  if  possible,  or  E-format  otherwise.  A minus sign, if required, and a radix character is included in the
		   returned string.  Trailing zeros are suppressed.  The radix character is determined by the  currently  loaded  NLS  environment
		   (see  setlocale(3C)).   If  has  not  been  called  successfully, the default NLS environment, "C", is used (see lang(5)).  The
		   default environment specifies a period as the radix character.

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       and convert floating-point number to string.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
   Locale
       The category determines the value of the radix character within the current NLS environment.

WARNINGS
       The values returned by and point to an array whose content is overwritten by subsequent calls to these interfaces by the same thread.

       and are obsolescent interfaces supported only for compatibility with existing DCE applications. New multi-threaded applications should  use
       and

AUTHOR
       and were developed by AT&T.  was developed by AT&T and HP.

SEE ALSO
       setlocale(3C), printf(3S), lang(5), thread_safety(5), glossary(9).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
																	  ecvt(3C)