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ATOF(3)                 NetBSD Library Functions Manual                ATOF(3)


NAME

     atof - convert ASCII string to double


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


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 representation.

     It is equivalent to:

           strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);


SEE ALSO

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


STANDARDS

     The atof() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

NetBSD 2.1                       June 4, 1993                       NetBSD 2.1