NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     atof - convert ASCII string to double

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     double
     atof(const char *nptr);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD