1atof(3)                    Library Functions Manual                    atof(3)
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NAME

6       atof - convert a string to a double
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LIBRARY

9       Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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SYNOPSIS

12       #include <stdlib.h>
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14       double atof(const char *nptr);
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DESCRIPTION

17       The  atof() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed
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22       except that atof() does not detect errors.
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RETURN VALUE

25       The converted value.
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ATTRIBUTES

28       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at‐
29       tributes(7).
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31       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
32       │Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value          │
33       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
34       │atof()                               │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
35       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
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STANDARDS

38       C11, POSIX.1-2008.
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HISTORY

41       POSIX.1-2001, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
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SEE ALSO

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