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.TH ATOL 3 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
atol \- convert ASCII string to long integer
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.ft B
#include <stdlib.h>

long
atol(const char *nptr);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I atol
function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
.I nptr
to
.I long integer
representation.
.PP
It is equivalent to:
.sp
.RS
strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
atof(3), atoi(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
.SH STANDARDS
.B Atol
conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').