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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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+.\"     @(#)atof.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/atof.3,v 1.17 2007/01/09 00:28:09 imp Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt ATOF 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm atof ,
+.Nm atof_l
+.Nd convert
+.Tn ASCII
+string to double
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In stdlib.h
+.Ft double
+.Fn atof "const char *str"
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft double
+.Fn atof_l "const char *str" "locale_t loc"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn atof
+function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
+.Fa str
+to
+.Vt double
+representation.
+.Pp
+It is equivalent to:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+strtod(str, (char **)NULL);
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The decimal point
+character is defined in the program's locale (category
+.Dv LC_NUMERIC ) .
+.Pp
+While the
+.Fn atof
+function uses the current locale, the
+.Fn atof_l
+function may be passed a locale directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Fn atof
+and
+.Fn atof_l
+functions are thread-safe and async-cancel-safe.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn atof
+and
+.Fn atof_l
+functions have been deprecated by
+.Fn strtod
+and
+.Fn strtod_l
+and should not be used in new code.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The function
+.Fn atof
+need not affect the value of
+.Va errno
+on an error.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr atoi 3 ,
+.Xr atol 3 ,
+.Xr strtod 3 ,
+.Xr strtol 3 ,
+.Xr strtoul 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn atof
+function conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-90 ,
+.St -isoC ,
+and
+.St -isoC-99 .