minix man page for qecvt

Query: qecvt

OS: minix

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QECVT(3)                                                     Linux Programmer's Manual                                                    QECVT(3)

NAME
qecvt, qfcvt, qgcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> char *qecvt(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign); char *qfcvt(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign); char *qgcvt(long double number, int ndigit, char *buf); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): qecvt(), qfcvt(), qgcvt(): _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The functions qecvt(), qfcvt(), and qgcvt() are identical to ecvt(3), fcvt(3), and gcvt(3) respectively, except that they use a long double argument number. See ecvt(3) and gcvt(3).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +----------+---------------+----------------------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +----------+---------------+----------------------+ |qecvt() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:qecvt | +----------+---------------+----------------------+ |qfcvt() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:qfcvt | +----------+---------------+----------------------+ |qgcvt() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +----------+---------------+----------------------+
CONFORMING TO
SVr4. Not seen in most common UNIX implementations, but occurs in SunOS. Supported by glibc.
NOTES
These functions are obsolete. Instead, snprintf(3) is recommended.
SEE ALSO
ecvt(3), ecvt_r(3), gcvt(3), sprintf(3)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU 2016-03-15 QECVT(3)
Related Man Pages
ecvt(3) - linux
fcvt(3) - mojave
ecvt(3) - debian
ecvt(3) - centos
gcvt(3) - minix
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