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ATOI(3) Linux Programmer's Manual ATOI(3)
NAME
atoi - convert a string to an integer.
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int atoi(const char *nptr);
DESCRIPTION
The atoi() function converts the initial portion of the
string pointed to by nptr to int. The behaviour is the
same as
strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);
except that atoi() does not detect errors.
RETURN VALUE
The converted value.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899
SEE ALSO
atof(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
GNU March 29, 1993 1
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