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ATOF(3P)                   POSIX Programmer's Manual                  ATOF(3P)
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       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
       not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
       atof -- convert a string to a double-precision number
SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>
       double atof(const char *str);
DESCRIPTION
       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with  the
       ISO C  standard.  Any  conflict between the requirements described here
       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This  volume  of  POSIX.1-2008
       defers to the ISO C standard.
       The call atof(str) shall be equivalent to:
           strtod(str,(char **)NULL),
       except  that  the handling of errors may differ. If the value cannot be
       represented, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUE
       The atof() function shall return the converted value if the  value  can
       be represented.
ERRORS
       No errors are defined.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       The  atof() function is subsumed by strtod() but is retained because it
       is used extensively in existing code. If the number is not known to  be
       in  range,  strtod()  should  be used because atof() is not required to
       perform any error checking.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       strtod()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <stdlib.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in  electronic  form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal and Electronics Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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
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