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atof(3) Library Functions Manual atof(3)

NAME

atof - convert a string to a double

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

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

SEE ALSO

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

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