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STRTOD(3P)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                STRTOD(3P)

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NAME
       strtod, strtof, strtold - convert a string to a double-precision number
SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>
       double strtod(const char *restrict nptr, char **restrict endptr);
       float strtof(const char *restrict nptr, char **restrict endptr);
       long double strtold(const char *restrict nptr, char **restrict endptr);

DESCRIPTION
       These functions shall convert the initial portion of the string pointed
       to  by  nptr  to double, float, and long double representation, respec-
       tively. First, they decompose the input string into three parts:
        1. An initial, possibly empty, sequence of white-space characters  (as
           specified by isspace())
        2. A subject sequence interpreted as a floating-point constant or rep-
           resenting infinity or NaN
        3. A final string of one or more  unrecognized  characters,  including
           the terminating null byte of the input string
       Then  they shall attempt to convert the subject sequence to a floating-
       point number, and return the result.
       The expected form of the subject sequence is an optional plus or  minus
       sign, then one of the following:
        * A non-empty sequence of decimal digits optionally containing a radix
          character, then an optional exponent part
        * A 0x or 0X, then a non-empty sequence of hexadecimal digits  option-
          ally  containing a radix character, then an optional binary exponent
          part
        * One of INF or INFINITY, ignoring case
        * One of NAN or NAN(n-char-sequence_opt), ignoring  case  in  the  NAN
          part, where:

          n-char-sequence:
              digit
              nondigit
              n-char-sequence digit
              n-char-sequence nondigit
       The  subject  sequence is defined as the longest initial subsequence of
       the input string, starting with the  first  non-white-space  character,
       that  is of the expected form. The subject sequence contains no charac-
       ters if the input string is not of the expected form.
       If the subject sequence has the expected form for a floating-point num-
       ber,  the  sequence  of characters starting with the first digit or the
       decimal-point character (whichever occurs first) shall  be  interpreted
       as a floating constant of the C language, except that the radix charac-
       ter shall be used in place of a period, and that if neither an exponent
       part  nor a radix character appears in a decimal floating-point number,
       or if a binary exponent part does not appear in a hexadecimal floating-
       point  number, an exponent part of the appropriate type with value zero
       is assumed to follow the last digit  in  the  string.  If  the  subject
       sequence begins with a minus sign, the sequence shall be interpreted as
       negated. A character sequence INF or INFINITY shall be  interpreted  as
       an  infinity, if representable in the return type, else as if it were a
       floating constant that is too large for the range of the return type. A
       character sequence NAN or NAN(n-char-sequence_opt) shall be interpreted
       as a quiet NaN, if supported in the return type, else as if it  were  a
       subject sequence part that does not have the expected form; the meaning
       of the n-char sequences is implementation-defined.  A  pointer  to  the
       final  string  is  stored  in the object pointed to by endptr, provided
       that endptr is not a null pointer.
       If the subject sequence has the hexadecimal form  and  FLT_RADIX  is  a
       power  of  2,  the  value  resulting  from  the conversion is correctly
       rounded.
       The radix character  is  defined  in  the  program's  locale  (category
       LC_NUMERIC ). In the POSIX locale, or in a locale where the radix char-
       acter is not defined, the radix character shall default to a  period  (
       '.' ).
       In  other  than  the C  or POSIX  locales, other implementation-defined
       subject sequences may be accepted.
       If the subject sequence is empty or does not have the expected form, no
       conversion shall be performed; the value of str is stored in the object
       pointed to by endptr, provided that endptr is not a null pointer.
       The strtod() function shall not change the setting of errno if success-
       ful.
       Since  0 is returned on error and is also a valid return on success, an
       application wishing to check for error situations should set  errno  to
       0, then call strtod(), strtof(), or strtold(), then check errno.
RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful completion, these functions shall return the converted
       value. If no conversion could be performed, 0 shall  be  returned,  and
       errno may be set to [EINVAL].
       If  the  correct  value  is  outside the range of representable values,
       +-HUGE_VAL, +-HUGE_VALF, or +-HUGE_VALL shall be returned (according to
       the sign of the value), and errno shall be set to [ERANGE].
       If  the correct value would cause an underflow, a value whose magnitude
       is no greater than the  smallest  normalized  positive  number  in  the
       return type shall be returned and errno set to [ERANGE].
ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:
       ERANGE The value to be returned would cause overflow  or underflow.

       These functions may fail if:
       EINVAL No conversion could be performed.

       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       If the subject sequence has the hexadecimal form and FLT_RADIX is not a
       power of 2, and the result is not  exactly  representable,  the  result
       should  be  one  of  the two numbers in the appropriate internal format
       that are adjacent to the hexadecimal floating source  value,  with  the
       extra  stipulation  that  the  error should have a correct sign for the
       current rounding direction.
       If the subject sequence has the decimal form and  at  most  DECIMAL_DIG
       (defined  in  <float.h>)  significant digits, the result should be cor-
       rectly rounded. If the subject sequence D has the decimal form and more
       than  DECIMAL_DIG  significant digits, consider the two bounding, adja-
       cent decimal strings L and U, both having DECIMAL_DIG significant  dig-
       its,  such  that  the  values  of  L, D, and U satisfy L <= D <= U. The
       result should be one of the (equal or adjacent) values  that  would  be
       obtained  by correctly rounding L and U according to the current round-
       ing direction, with the extra stipulation that the error  with  respect
       to D should have a correct sign for the current rounding direction.
       The  changes  to  strtod() introduced by the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard
       can alter the behavior of well-formed applications complying  with  the
       ISO/IEC 9899:1990  standard and thus earlier versions of the base docu-
       ments. One such example would be:

              int
              what_kind_of_number (char *s)
              {
                  char *endp;
                  double d;
                  long l;

                  d = strtod(s, &endp);
                  if (s != endp && *endp == `\0')
                      printf("It's a float with value %g\n", d);
                  else
                  {
                      l = strtol(s, &endp, 0);
                      if (s != endp && *endp == `\0')
                          printf("It's an integer with value %ld\n", 1);
                      else
                          return 1;
                  }
                  return 0;
              }
       If the function is called with:

              what_kind_of_number ("0x10")
       an ISO/IEC 9899:1990 standard-compliant  library  will  result  in  the
       function printing:

              It's an integer with value 16
       With the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, the result is:

              It's a float with value 16
       The  change  in behavior is due to the inclusion of floating-point num-
       bers in hexadecimal notation without requiring that  either  a  decimal
       point or the binary exponent be present.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       isspace(), localeconv(), scanf(), setlocale(), strtol(), the Base Defi-
       nitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 7,  Locale,  <float.h>,
       <stdlib.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by  the  Institute  of
       Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained  online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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