Name
gcvt — convert a floating-point number to a
string
Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h>
char
*gcvt( |
double |
number, |
|
size_t |
ndigit, |
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char * |
buf) ; |
DESCRIPTION
The gcvt
() function converts
number
to a minimal
length NULL terminated ASCII string and stores the result in
buf
. It produces
ndigit
significant
digits in either printf(3) F format or E
format.
NOTES
This function is obsolete. Instead, sprintf(3) is
recommended.
RETURN VALUE
The gcvt
() function returns
the address of the string pointed to by buf
.
CONFORMING TO
marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
ecvt(3), fcvt(3), sprintf(3)
Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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Modified Sat Jul 24 19:32:25 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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