ATOF(3)
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 C”).
June 4, 1993
NetBSD 5.99