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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt ATOI 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm atoi
.Nd convert
.Tn ASCII
string to integer
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft int
.Fn atoi "const char *nptr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn atoi
function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
.Em nptr
to
.Em integer
representation.
.Pp
It is equivalent to:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
(int)strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);
.Ed
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The
.Fn atoi
function is not thread-safe and also not async-cancel safe.
.Pp
The
.Fn atoi
function has been deprecated by
.Fn strtol
and should not be used in new code.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn atoi
function does not detect errors.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr atof 3 ,
.Xr atol 3 ,
.Xr strtod 3 ,
.Xr strtol 3 ,
.Xr strtoul 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn atoi
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-90 ,
.St -isoC ,
and
.St -isoC-99 .
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5b2abdfb A	36	.\" @(#)atoi.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
5b2abdfb A	37	.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/atoi.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 12:44:24 ru Exp $
e9ce8d39	38	.\"
5b2abdfb A	39	.Dd June 4, 1993
5b2abdfb A	40	.Dt ATOI 3
e9ce8d39 A	41	.Os
e9ce8d39 A	42	.Sh NAME
5b2abdfb A	43	.Nm atoi
	44	.Nd convert
	45	.Tn ASCII
	46	string to integer
e9ce8d39 A	47	.Sh LIBRARY
	48	.Lb libc
	49	.Sh SYNOPSIS
5b2abdfb	50	.In stdlib.h
e9ce8d39	51	.Ft int
5b2abdfb	52	.Fn atoi "const char *nptr"
e9ce8d39 A	53	.Sh DESCRIPTION
e9ce8d39 A	54	The
5b2abdfb A	55	.Fn atoi
	56	function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
	57	.Em nptr
	58	to
	59	.Em integer
	60	representation.
	61	.Pp
	62	It is equivalent to:
	63	.Bd -literal -offset indent
	64	(int)strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);
e9ce8d39	65	.Ed
5b2abdfb A	66	.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
	67	The
	68	.Fn atoi
	69	function is not thread-safe and also not async-cancel safe.
	70	.Pp
	71	The
	72	.Fn atoi
	73	function has been deprecated by
	74	.Fn strtol
	75	and should not be used in new code.
e9ce8d39	76	.Sh ERRORS
5b2abdfb A	77	The
	78	.Fn atoi
	79	function does not detect errors.
e9ce8d39	80	.Sh SEE ALSO
5b2abdfb A	81	.Xr atof 3 ,
	82	.Xr atol 3 ,
	83	.Xr strtod 3 ,
	84	.Xr strtol 3 ,
	85	.Xr strtoul 3
	86	.Sh STANDARDS
e9ce8d39	87	The
5b2abdfb A	88	.Fn atoi
	89	function conforms to
	90	.St -p1003.1-90 ,
	91	.St -isoC ,
	92	and
	93	.St -isoC-99 .