ustrtod(3alleg)

ustrtod3alleg

Converts a string into a floating point number. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

double ustrtod(const char *s, char **endp);

Overview

This function converts as many characters of `s' that look like a floating point number into one, and sets `*endp' to point to the first unused character, if `endp' is not a NULL pointer. Example:

   char *endp, *string = "456.203 askdfg";
   double number = ustrtod(string, &endp);

Return value

Returns the string converted as a value of type `double'. If nothing was converted, returns zero with *endp pointing to the beginning of s.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.