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ASTOL(3) Schily's LIBRARY FUNCTIONS ASTOL(3)
NAME
astol() - converts ASCII to long
SYNOPSIS
astol(string,l)
char *string;
int *l;
DESCRIPTION
astol() converts the characters pointed to by string to a long stored
at l. It returns a pointer to the first character in the string that
was not used for the conversion. If the entire string is to be used, it
should point to a NULL character ('\0'). Leading spaces and tabs are
skipped.
EXAMPLES
extern char *astol();
if (*astod(string, &l) != '\0')
error("Not a number %s\n", string);
SEE ALSO
astod(3), astof(3), astoi(3)
RETURNS
Returns a pointer to first unused character.
Joerg Schilling 2022/09/09 ASTOL(3)