NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

ATOF(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  ATOF(3)

NAME         top

       atof - convert a string to a double

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdlib.h>
       double atof(const char *nptr);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The atof() function converts the initial portion of the string
       pointed to by nptr to double.  The behavior is the same as
           strtod(nptr, NULL);
       except that atof() does not detect errors.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The converted value.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
       │Interface Attribute     Value          │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
       │atof()    │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

       atoi(3), atol(3), strfromd(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)

COLOPHON         top

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