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atof
Section: C Library Functions (3)Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME
atof - convert a string to a doubleLIBRARY
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. The behavior is the same as strtod(nptr, NULL); except that atof() does not detect errors.RETURN VALUE
The converted value.ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| atof() | Thread safety | M-Safe locale |
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.-2008.HISTORY
POSIX.-2001, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strfromd(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)