ecvt_r, fcvt_r, qecvt_r, qfcvt_r — convert a floating-point number to a string
Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h> int ecvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign, char *buf, size_t len); int fcvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign, char *buf, size_t len); int qecvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign, char *buf, size_t len); int qfcvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt, int *sign, char *buf, size_t len);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r(), qfcvt_r():
/* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 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 |
Conforming to
These functions are GNU extensions.
Notes
These functions are obsolete. Instead, sprintf(3) is recommended.
See Also
Colophon
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Referenced By
The man pages fcvt_r(3), qecvt_r(3) and qfcvt_r(3) are aliases of ecvt_r(3).