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NAME
atof - convert a string to a doubleSYNOPSIS
#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 asstrtod(nptr, (char **) NULL);
except that atof() does not detect errors.
RETURN VALUE
The converted value.CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.SEE ALSO
atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)COLOPHON
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