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ATOF(3) Linux Programmer's Manual ATOF(3)
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 9899
SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
GNU March 29, 1993 1
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