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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man3/ecvt.3 b/man3/ecvt.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 2e773f4..0000000 --- a/man3/ecvt.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,133 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" Linux libc source code -.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) -.\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:40:39 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified Fri Jun 25 12:10:47 1999 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) -.\" -.TH ecvt 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -ecvt, fcvt \- convert a floating-point number to a string -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <stdlib.h> -.P -.BI "[[deprecated]] char *ecvt(double " number ", int " ndigits , -.BI " int *restrict " decpt ", int *restrict " sign ); -.BI "[[deprecated]] char *fcvt(double " number ", int " ndigits , -.BI " int *restrict " decpt ", int *restrict " sign ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR ecvt (), -.BR fcvt (): -.nf - Since glibc 2.17 - (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L)) - || /* glibc >= 2.20 */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE - || /* glibc <= 2.19 */ _SVID_SOURCE - glibc 2.12 to glibc 2.16: - (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)) - || _SVID_SOURCE - Before glibc 2.12: - _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 -.\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR ecvt () -function converts \fInumber\fP to a null-terminated -string of \fIndigits\fP digits (where \fIndigits\fP is reduced to a -system-specific limit determined by the precision of a -.IR double ), -and returns a pointer to the string. -The high-order digit is nonzero, unless -.I number -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 \fI*decpt\fP. -A negative value for \fI*decpt\fP means that -the decimal point is to the left of the start of the string. -If the sign of -\fInumber\fP is negative, \fI*sign\fP is set to a nonzero value, -otherwise it is set to 0. -If -.I number -is zero, it is unspecified whether \fI*decpt\fP is 0 or 1. -.P -The -.BR fcvt () -function is identical to -.BR ecvt (), -except that -\fIndigits\fP specifies the number of digits after the decimal point. -.SH RETURN VALUE -Both the -.BR ecvt () -and -.BR fcvt () -functions return a pointer to a -static string containing the ASCII representation of \fInumber\fP. -The static string is overwritten by each call to -.BR ecvt () -or -.BR fcvt (). -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR ecvt () -T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:ecvt -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR fcvt () -T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:fcvt -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -None. -.SH HISTORY -SVr2; -marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001. -POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of -.BR ecvt () -and -.BR fcvt (), -recommending the use of -.BR sprintf (3) -instead (though -.BR snprintf (3) -may be preferable). -.SH NOTES -.\" Linux libc4 and libc5 specified the type of -.\" .I ndigits -.\" as -.\" .IR size_t . -Not all locales use a point as the radix character ("decimal point"). -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR ecvt_r (3), -.BR gcvt (3), -.BR qecvt (3), -.BR setlocale (3), -.BR sprintf (3) |