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

6       atof - convert a string to a double
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SYNOPSIS

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

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

22       The converted value.
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CONFORMING TO

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

28       atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
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32GNU                               1993-03-29                           ATOF(3)