atof3
Convert a string to a double
Usage
#include <stdlib.h>
double atof(const char *nptr);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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 | MT-Safe locale |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.