ATOF Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: March 29, 2025 Index   NAME atof - convert a string to a 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. The behaviour is the same as strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL); except that atof() does not detect errors.   RETURN VALUE The converted value.   CONFORMING TO SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:02 GMT, March 24, 2025