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LETTERstrtodULETTER Converts a string to a double-precision floating-point number.

Overview
#include <stdlib.h>

d = strtod(s,nextchar);

double d;
const char *s;
char **nextchar;

Portability
ANSI

Description
Attempts to convert the string "s" into a double-precision floating-point number. If an error occurs, errno will be set. "nextchar" can be zero or a pointer to a variable which points to the first character which should not be converted.

Returns
A double-precision floating-point number.

See also
sscanf