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1.1       root        1: .TH ATOF 3  "19 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: atof, atoi, atol \- convert ASCII to numbers
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .nf
                      6: .B double atof(nptr)
                      7: .B char *nptr;
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B atoi(nptr)
                     10: .B char *nptr;
                     11: .PP
                     12: .B long atol(nptr)
                     13: .B char *nptr;
                     14: .fi
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: These functions convert a string pointed to by
                     17: .I nptr
                     18: to floating, integer, and long integer representation respectively.
                     19: The first unrecognized character ends the string.
                     20: .PP
                     21: .I Atof
                     22: recognizes an optional string of spaces, then an optional sign, then
                     23: a string of digits optionally containing a decimal
                     24: point, then an optional `e' or `E' followed by an optionally signed integer.
                     25: .PP
                     26: .I Atoi
                     27: and
                     28: .I atol
                     29: recognize an optional string of spaces, then an optional sign, then a
                     30: string of
                     31: digits.
                     32: .SH SEE ALSO
                     33: scanf(3S)
                     34: .SH BUGS
                     35: There are no provisions for overflow.

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