ATOL(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ATOL(3P)PROLOG
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NAME
atol, atoll — convert a string to a long integer
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
long atol(const char *str);
long long atoll(const char *nptr);
DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008
defers to the ISO C standard.
The call atol(str) shall be equivalent to:
strtol(str, (char **)NULL, 10)
The call atoll(nptr) shall be equivalent to:
strtoll(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10)
except that the handling of errors may differ. If the value cannot be
represented, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUE
These functions shall return the converted value if the value can be
represented.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The atol() function is subsumed by strtol() but is retained because it
is used extensively in existing code. If the number is not known to be
in range, strtol() should be used because atol() is not required to
perform any error checking.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOstrtol()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdlib.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri‐
cal and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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