NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     atol - convert ASCII string to long integer

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), atoll(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  atol()  function  conforms  to  ANSI/ISO/IEC  9899-1999
(``ANSI C99'').

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      29,     1991