1ATOI(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   ATOI(3)
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NAME

6       atoi, atol, atoll - convert a string to an integer
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdlib.h>
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11       int atoi(const char *nptr);
12       long atol(const char *nptr);
13       long long atoll(const char *nptr);
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15   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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17       atoll():
18           _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
19               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

22       The  atoi() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed
23       to by nptr to int.  The behavior is the same as
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25           strtol(nptr, NULL, 10);
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27       except that atoi() does not detect errors.
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29       The atol() and atoll() functions behave the same as atoi(), except that
30       they  convert the initial portion of the string to their return type of
31       long or long long.
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RETURN VALUE

34       The converted value or 0 on error.
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ATTRIBUTES

37       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at‐
38       tributes(7).
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40       ┌────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
41       │Interface               │ Attribute     │ Value          │
42       ├────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
43       │atoi(), atol(), atoll() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
44       └────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO

46       POSIX.1-2001,  POSIX.1-2008,  C99,  SVr4, 4.3BSD.  C89 and POSIX.1-1996
47       include the functions atoi() and atol() only.
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NOTES

50       POSIX.1 leaves the return value of atoi()  on  error  unspecified.   On
51       glibc, musl libc, and uClibc, 0 is returned on error.
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BUGS

54       errno  is  not set on error so there is no way to distinguish between 0
55       as an error and as the converted value.  No checks for overflow or  un‐
56       derflow  are  done.  Only base-10 input can be converted.  It is recom‐
57       mended to instead use the strtol() and strtoul() family of functions in
58       new programs.
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SEE ALSO

61       atof(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
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COLOPHON

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