NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     atoi -- convert ASCII string to integer

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     int
     atoi(const char *nptr);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The atoi() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to
     by nptr to int representation.

     It is equivalent to:

	   (int)strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The atoi() function is not thread-safe and also not async-cancel safe.

     The atoi() function has been deprecated by strtol() and should not be
     used in new code.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The function atoi() need not affect the value of errno on an error.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The atoi() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1''),
     ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89''), and ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').


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