.\" @(#)atof.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
.TH ATOF 3 "May 15, 1985"
atof, atoi, atol \- convert ASCII to numbers
These functions convert a string pointed to by
to floating, integer, and long integer representation respectively.
The first unrecognized character ends the string.
recognizes an optional string of spaces, then an optional sign, then
a string of digits optionally containing a decimal
point, then an optional `e' or `E' followed by an optionally signed integer.
recognize an optional string of spaces, then an optional sign, then a
There are no provisions for overflow.