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atof(3) Library Functions Manual atof(3)

NAME top

   atof - convert a string to a double

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <stdlib.h>**

   **double atof(const char ***_nptr_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   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 top

   The converted value.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
   │ **atof**()                        │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
   └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

STANDARDS top

   C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

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

SEE ALSO top

   [atoi(3)](../man3/atoi.3.html), [atol(3)](../man3/atol.3.html), [strfromd(3)](../man3/strfromd.3.html), [strtod(3)](../man3/strtod.3.html), [strtol(3)](../man3/strtol.3.html), [strtoul(3)](../man3/strtoul.3.html)

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