NAME
atof
—
convert ASCII string to
double
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
representation.
It is equivalent to:
strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The atof
() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989
(“ANSI C89”).