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