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365f8a6c06Sperry.Dd June 4, 1993
3761f28255Scgd.Dt ATOF 3
3861f28255Scgd.Os
3961f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
4061f28255Scgd.Nm atof
4161f28255Scgd.Nd convert
4261f28255Scgd.Tn ASCII
4361f28255Scgdstring to double
44312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY
45312aca53Sperry.Lb libc
4661f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
47472351e1Swiz.In stdlib.h
4861f28255Scgd.Ft double
4961f28255Scgd.Fn atof "const char *nptr"
5061f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
5161f28255ScgdThe
5261f28255Scgd.Fn atof
5361f28255Scgdfunction converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
5461f28255Scgd.Ar nptr
5561f28255Scgdto
5661f28255Scgd.Ar double
5761f28255Scgdrepresentation.
5861f28255Scgd.Pp
5961f28255ScgdIt is equivalent to:
6061f28255Scgd.Bd -literal -offset indent
6161f28255Scgdstrtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
6261f28255Scgd.Ed
6361f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO
6461f28255Scgd.Xr atoi 3 ,
6561f28255Scgd.Xr atol 3 ,
6661f28255Scgd.Xr strtod 3 ,
6761f28255Scgd.Xr strtol 3 ,
6861f28255Scgd.Xr strtoul 3
6961f28255Scgd.Sh STANDARDS
7061f28255ScgdThe
7161f28255Scgd.Fn atof
7261f28255Scgdfunction conforms to
7361f28255Scgd.St -ansiC .
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