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ATOF(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   ATOF(3)



NAME
       atof - convert a string to a double.

SYNOPSIS
       #include<stdlib.h>

       doubleatof(constchar*nptr);

DESCRIPTION
       The  atof() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed
       to by nptr to double.  The behaviour is the same as

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

       except that atof() does not detect errors.

RETURNVALUE
       The converted value.

CONFORMINGTO
       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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



GNU                               1993-03-29                           ATOF(3)