Converts a string to a double.
double atof (char * string);
Required Header |
<stdlib.h> |
Return Value
This function returns the double representation of string.
Parameters
string
The string to be converted to a double
Remarks
The atof function converts string to a double precision number, where the conversion stops at the first character that is not recognisable as a number in the form:
[whitespace][sign][digits][.digits][{d | D | e | E}[sign]digits]