ecvt_r - Man Page
convert a floating-point number to a string
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h> [[deprecated]] int ecvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *restrict decpt, int *restrict sign, char *restrict buf, size_t len); [[deprecated]] int fcvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *restrict decpt, int *restrict sign, char *restrict buf, size_t len); [[deprecated]] int qecvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *restrict decpt, int *restrict sign, char *restrict buf, size_t len); [[deprecated]] int qfcvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *restrict decpt, int *restrict sign, char *restrict buf, size_t len);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r(), qfcvt_r():
/* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
Description
The functions ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r(), and qfcvt_r() are identical to ecvt(3), fcvt(3), qecvt(3), and qfcvt(3), respectively, except that they do not return their result in a static buffer, but instead use the supplied buf of size len. See ecvt(3) and qecvt(3).
Return Value
These functions return 0 on success, and -1 otherwise.
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
---|---|---|
ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r(), qfcvt_r() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Standards
GNU.
Notes
These functions are obsolete. Instead, sprintf(3) is recommended.
See Also
Referenced By
The man pages fcvt_r(3), qecvt_r(3) and qfcvt_r(3) are aliases of ecvt_r(3).
2024-05-02 Linux man-pages 6.9.1