NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     atol - convert ASCII string to long integer

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdlib.h>

     long
     atol(const char *nptr);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The atol() function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to
     by nptr to long integer representation.

     It is equivalent to:

           strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     atof(3), atoi(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The atol() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD