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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 behavior is the same as
         strtod(nptr, NULL);
     except that atof() does not detect errors.

RETURN VALUE

     The converted value.

ATTRIBUTES

     For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
     attributes(7).
     +----------+---------------+----------------+
     |Interface | Attribute     | Value          |
     +----------+---------------+----------------+
     |atof()    | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
     +----------+---------------+----------------+

CONFORMING TO

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

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

     This  page  is  part of release 4.16 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
     description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
     latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU 2016-12-12 ATOF(3)

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