Manpages - atof.3
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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
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