strtod() - convert ASCII string to double
#include <stdlib.h>
double strtod (const char *nptr, char **endptr)
The strtod(3) function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by nptr to double representation.
The expected form of the string is an optional plus (+) or minus sign (-) followed by a sequence of digits optionally containing a decimal-point character, optionally followed by an exponent. An exponent consists of an "E" or "e", followed by an optional plus or minus sign, followed by a sequence of digits.
Leading white-space characters in the string (as defined by the isspace(3) function) are skipped.
The strtod(3) function returns the converted value, if any.
If endptr is not NULL, a pointer to the character after the last character used in the conversion is stored in the location referenced by endptr.
If no conversion is performed, zero is returned and the value of nptr is stored in the location referenced by endptr.
If the correct value would cause overflow, plus or minus {HUGE_VAL} is returned (according to the sign of the value), and [ERANGE] is stored in errno If the correct value would cause underflow, zero is returned and [ERANGE] is stored in errno
atof(3)
atoi(3)
atol(3)
strtol(3)
strtoul(3)