suse man page for atoi

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NAME
       atoi - convert a string to an integer

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       int atoi(const char *str);

DESCRIPTION
       The call atoi(str) shall be equivalent to:

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

       except that the handling of errors may differ. If the value cannot be represented, the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The atoi() function shall return the converted value if the value can be represented.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
   Converting an Argument
       The following example checks for proper usage of the program. If there is an argument and the decimal conversion of this argument (obtained
       using atoi()) is greater than 0, then the program has a valid number of minutes to wait for an event.

	      #include <stdlib.h>
	      #include <stdio.h>
	      ...
	      int minutes_to_event;
	      ...
	      if (argc < 2 || ((minutes_to_event = atoi (argv[1]))) <= 0) {
		 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s minutes
", argv[0]); exit(1);
	      }
	      ...

APPLICATION USAGE
       The  atoi() function is subsumed by strtol() but is retained because it is used extensively in existing code. If the number is not known to
       be in range, strtol() should be used because atoi() is not required to perform any error checking.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       strtol(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and  the  original  IEEE
       and  The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2003								  ATOI(3P)