#include <stdlib.h>
long strtol(const char *restrict nptr,
char **restrict endptr, int base);
long long strtoll(const char *restrict nptr,
char **restrict endptr, int base);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
strtoll():
_ISOC99_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of white space (as determined by isspace(3)) followed by a single optional '+' or '-' sign. If base is zero or 16, the string may then include a "0x" or "0X" prefix, and the number will be read in base 16; otherwise, a zero base is taken as 10 (decimal) unless the next character is '0', in which case it is taken as 8 (octal).
The remainder of the string is converted to a long value in the obvious manner, stopping at the first character which is not a valid digit in the given base. (In bases above 10, the letter 'A' in either uppercase or lowercase represents 10, 'B' represents 11, and so forth, with 'Z' representing 35.)
If endptr is not NULL, strtol() stores the address of the first invalid character in *endptr. If there were no digits at all, strtol() stores the original value of nptr in *endptr (and returns 0). In particular, if *nptr is not '\0' but **endptr is '\0' on return, the entire string is valid.
The strtoll() function works just like the strtol() function but returns a long long integer value.
The implementation may also set errno to EINVAL in case no conversion was performed (no digits seen, and 0 returned).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| strtol(), strtoll(), strtoq() | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
strtoll(): POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
According to POSIX.1, in locales other than "C" and "POSIX", these functions may accept other, implementation-defined numeric strings.
BSD also has
quad_t strtoq(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
with completely analogous definition. Depending on the wordsize of the current architecture, this may be equivalent to strtoll() or to strtol().
$ ./a.out 123 strtol() returned 123 $ ./a.out ' 123' strtol() returned 123 $ ./a.out 123abc strtol() returned 123 Further characters after number: "abc" $ ./a.out 123abc 55 strtol: Invalid argument $ ./a.out '' No digits were found $ ./a.out 4000000000 strtol: Numerical result out of range
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int base;
char *endptr, *str;
long val;
if (argc < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s str [base]\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
str = argv[1];
base = (argc > 2) ? atoi(argv[2]) : 0;
errno = 0; /* To distinguish success/failure after call */
val = strtol(str, &endptr, base);
/* Check for various possible errors. */
if (errno != 0) {
perror("strtol");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (endptr == str) {
fprintf(stderr, "No digits were found\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* If we got here, strtol() successfully parsed a number. */
printf("strtol() returned %ld\n", val);
if (*endptr != '\0') /* Not necessarily an error... */
printf("Further characters after number: \"%s\"\n", endptr);