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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 || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
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).
CONFORMING TO
SVr4. Not seen in most common Unix implementations, but occurs in SunOS. Not supported by libc4 and libc5. Supported by glibc.
NOTES
These functions are obsolete. Instead, sprintf(3) is recommended.
SEE ALSO
ecvt(3), ecvt_r(3), gcvt(3), sprintf(3)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
2007-07-26 QECVT(3)
Related Man Pages
ecvt_r(3) - linux
qfcvt(3) - debian
qgcvt(3) - centos
qfcvt(3) - suse
qgcvt(3) - suse
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