netbsd man page for atof

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

NAME
     atof -- convert ASCII string to double

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     double
     atof(const char *nptr);

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

     It is equivalent to:

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

SEE ALSO
     atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)

STANDARDS
     The atof() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').

BSD
								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD