ecvt(3C)ecvt(3C)NAMEecvt(), fcvt(), gcvt() - convert floating-point number to string
SYNOPSIS
Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
Converts value to a null-terminated string of ndigit digits and
returns a pointer to the string. The high-order digit is
non-zero, unless the value is zero. The low-order digit is
rounded. The position of the radix character relative to
the beginning of the string is stored indirectly through
decpt (negative means to the left of the returned digits).
The radix character is not included in the returned string.
If the sign of the result is negative, the word pointed to
by sign is non-zero, otherwise it is zero.
One of three non-digit characters strings could be returned
if the converted value is out of range. A or is returned
if the value is larger than the exponent can contain, and
is negative, or positive, respectively. The third string
is returned if the number is illegal, a zero divide for
example. The result value is Not A Number (NAN) and would
return a character.
Identical to
except that the correct digit has been rounded for printf
(FORTRAN F-format) output of the number of digits specified
by ndigit.
Converts the
value to a null-terminated string in the array pointed to
by buf and returns buf. It produces ndigit significant
digits in FORTRAN F-format if possible, or E-format other‐
wise. A minus sign, if required, and a radix character is
included in the returned string. Trailing zeros are sup‐
pressed. The radix character is determined by the cur‐
rently loaded NLS environment (see setlocale(3C)). If has
not been called successfully, the default NLS environment,
"C", is used (see lang(5)). The default environment speci‐
fies a period as the radix character.
Obsolescent Interfaces
and convert floating-point number to string.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Locale
The category determines the value of the radix character within the
current NLS environment.
WARNINGS
The values returned by and point to an array whose content is overwrit‐
ten by subsequent calls to these interfaces by the same thread.
and are obsolescent interfaces supported only for compatibility with
existing DCE applications. New multi-threaded applications should use
and
AUTHOR
and were developed by AT&T. was developed by AT&T and HP.
SEE ALSOsetlocale(3C), printf(3S), lang(5), thread_safety(5), glossary(9).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCEecvt(3C)