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<H1>ECVT</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2016-03-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
ecvt, fcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/stdlib.h">stdlib.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>char *ecvt(double </B><I>number</I><B>, int </B><I>ndigits</I><B>, int *</B><I>decpt</I><B>,</B>
<B>int *</B><I>sign</I><B>);</B>
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<B>char *fcvt(double </B><I>number</I><B>, int </B><I>ndigits</I><B>, int *</B><I>decpt</I><B>,</B>
<B>int *</B><I>sign</I><B>);</B>
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>ecvt</B>(),
<B>fcvt</B>():
<DL COMPACT><DT id="1"><DD>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="2">Since glibc 2.12:<DD>
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(_XOPEN_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;500) ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;200112L)
|| /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions &lt;= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE
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<DT id="3">Before glibc 2.12:<DD>
_SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;500
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>ecvt</B>()
function converts <I>number</I> to a null-terminated
string of <I>ndigits</I> digits (where <I>ndigits</I> is reduced to a
system-specific limit determined by the precision of a
<I>double</I>),
and returns a pointer to the string.
The high-order digit is nonzero, unless
<I>number</I>
is zero.
The low order digit is rounded.
The string itself does not contain a decimal point; however,
the position of the decimal point relative to the start of the string
is stored in <I>*decpt</I>.
A negative value for <I>*decpt</I> means that
the decimal point is to the left of the start of the string.
If the sign of
<I>number</I> is negative, <I>*sign</I> is set to a nonzero value,
otherwise it is set to 0.
If
<I>number</I>
is zero, it is unspecified whether <I>*decpt</I> is 0 or 1.
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The
<B>fcvt</B>()
function is identical to
<B>ecvt</B>(),
except that
<I>ndigits</I> specifies the number of digits after the decimal point.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
Both the
<B>ecvt</B>()
and
<B>fcvt</B>()
functions return a pointer to a
static string containing the ASCII representation of <I>number</I>.
The static string is overwritten by each call to
<B>ecvt</B>()
or
<B>fcvt</B>().
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>ecvt</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Unsafe race:ecvt<BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>fcvt</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Unsafe race:fcvt<BR></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
SVr2;
marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of
<B>ecvt</B>()
and
<B>fcvt</B>(),
recommending the use of
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sprintf">sprintf</A></B>(3)
instead (though
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+snprintf">snprintf</A></B>(3)
may be preferable).
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
Not all locales use a point as the radix character (&quot;decimal point&quot;).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+ecvt_r">ecvt_r</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+gcvt">gcvt</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+qecvt">qecvt</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+setlocale">setlocale</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sprintf">sprintf</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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