debian man page for scan_xlong

scan_xlong(3)						     Library Functions Manual						     scan_xlong(3)

NAME
       scan_xlong - parse an unsigned long integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation

SYNTAX
       #include <scan.h>

       size_t scan_xlong(const char *src,unsigned long *dest);

DESCRIPTION
       scan_xlong  parses  an  unsigned  long integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation from src and writes the result into dest. It returns the
       number of bytes read from src.

       scan_xlong understands both upper and lower case letters.

       scan_xlong does not expect or understand a "0x" prefix.

SEE ALSO
       fmt_xlong(3)

																     scan_xlong(3)