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.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:32:25 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.TH GCVT 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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gcvt \- convert a floating-point number to a string
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.PP
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.BI "char *gcvt(double " number ", int " ndigit ", char *" buf );
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.fi
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.PP
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.in
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.PP
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.BR gcvt ():
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.ad l
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.PD 0
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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(_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500) ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L)
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|| /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
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.TP 4
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.RE
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.PD
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.ad b
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR gcvt ()
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function converts \fInumber\fP to a minimal length null-terminated
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ASCII string and stores the result in \fIbuf\fP.
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It produces \fIndigit\fP significant digits in either
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.BR printf (3)
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F format or E format.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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The
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.BR gcvt ()
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function returns the address of the string pointed to
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by \fIbuf\fP.
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
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.BR attributes (7).
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.TS
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allbox;
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lb lb lb
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l l l.
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Interface Attribute Value
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T{
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.BR gcvt ()
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T} Thread safety MT-Safe
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.TE
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.sp 1
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
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POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
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.BR gcvt (),
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recommending the use of
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.BR sprintf (3)
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instead (though
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.BR snprintf (3)
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may be preferable).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ecvt (3),
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.BR fcvt (3),
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.BR sprintf (3)
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.SH COLOPHON
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This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux
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