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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/strtol.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/strtol.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d18920a45bf --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/strtol.3 @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)strtol.3 5.4 (Berkeley) 6/25/92 +.\" $Id: strtol.3,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:19 deraadt Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 25, 1992 +.Dt STRTOL 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm strtol, strtoq +.Nd convert string value to a long or quad_t integer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <stdlib.h> +.Fd #include <limits.h> +.Ft long +.Fn strtol "char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" + +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <stdlib.h> +.Fd #include <limits.h> +.Ft quad_t +.Fn strtoq "char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strtol +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to a +.Em long +value. +The +.Fn strtoq +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to a +.Em quad_t +value. +The conversion is done according to the given +.Fa base , +which must be between 2 and 36 inclusive, +or be the special value 0. +.Pp +The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of white space +(as determined by +.Xr isspace 3 ) +followed by a single optional +.Ql + +or +.Ql - +sign. +If +.Fa base +is zero or 16, +the string may then include a +.Ql 0x +prefix, +and the number will be read in base 16; otherwise, a zero +.Fa base +is taken as 10 (decimal) unless the next character is +.Ql 0 , +in which case it is taken as 8 (octal). +.Pp +The remainder of the string is converted to a +.Em long +value in the obvious manner, +stopping at the first character which is not a valid digit +in the given base. +(In bases above 10, the letter +.Ql A +in either upper or lower case +represents 10, +.Ql B +represents 11, and so forth, with +.Ql Z +representing 35.) +.Pp +If +.Fa endptr +is non nil, +.Fn strtol +stores the address of the first invalid character in +.Fa *endptr . +If there were no digits at all, however, +.Fn strtol +stores the original value of +.Fa nptr +in +.Fa *endptr . +(Thus, if +.Fa *nptr +is not +.Ql \e0 +but +.Fa **endptr +is +.Ql \e0 +on return, the entire string was valid.) +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn strtol +function +returns the result of the conversion, +unless the value would underflow or overflow. +If an underflow occurs, +.Fn strtol +returns +.Dv LONG_MIN . +If an overflow occurs, +.Fn strtol +returns +.Dv LONG_MAX . +In both cases, +.Va errno +is set to +.Er ERANGE . +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ERANGE +The given string was out of range; the value converted has been clamped. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr atof 3 , +.Xr atoi 3 , +.Xr atol 3 , +.Xr strtod 3 , +.Xr strtoul 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strtol +function +conforms to +.St -ansiC . +.Sh BUGS +Ignores the current locale. |