NAME

atof - convert ASCII string to double

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS



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 C89'') .