atof

Synopsis

#include <stdlib.h>

double atof(const char *str);

Status

Partially implemented

Conformance

IEEE Std 1003.1-2017

Description

The purpose is to convert a string to a double-precision number. The call atol(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.

Tests

Untested

Known bugs

None

See Also

  1. Standard library functions
  2. Table of Contents