atof(3)

NAME
atof - convert a string to a double

LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>

double atof(const char *nptr);

DESCRIPTION
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
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale

STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strfromd(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)