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

     atoi(3), atol(3), strtod(3),