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atof(3) [osx man page]

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 atof() and atof_l() functions have been deprecated by strtod() and strtod_l() and should not be used 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'').

BSD
								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD

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ATOI(3) 						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						   ATOI(3)

NAME

     atoi, atoi_l -- convert ASCII string to integer

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     int
     atoi(const char *str);

     #include <xlocale.h>

     int
     atoi_l(const char *str, locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION

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

     It is equivalent to:

	   (int)strtol(str, (char **)NULL, 10);

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

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

     The atoi() and atoi_l() functions are thread-safe and async-cancel-safe.

     The atoi() and atoi_l() functions have been deprecated by strtol() and strtol_l() and should not be used in new code.

ERRORS

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

SEE ALSO

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

STANDARDS

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

BSD
								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD
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