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ATOF
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 1993-03-29
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NAME
atof - convert a string to a double.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. The behaviour is the same as
- strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
except that atof() does not detect errors.
RETURN VALUE
The converted value.CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)