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diff --git a/man3/gcvt.3 b/man3/gcvt.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a43ade7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/gcvt.3 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +'\" 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 19:32:25 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH gcvt 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +gcvt \- convert a floating-point number to a string +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <stdlib.h> +.PP +.BI "char *gcvt(double " number ", int " ndigit ", char *" buf ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR gcvt (): +.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 gcvt () +function converts \fInumber\fP to a minimal length null-terminated +ASCII string and stores the result in \fIbuf\fP. +It produces \fIndigit\fP significant digits in either +.BR printf (3) +F format or E format. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR gcvt () +function returns +\fIbuf\fP. +.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 gcvt () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +None. +.SH HISTORY +Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001. +POSIX.1-2008 removed it, +recommending the use of +.BR sprintf (3) +instead (though +.BR snprintf (3) +may be preferable). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR ecvt (3), +.BR fcvt (3), +.BR sprintf (3) |