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diff --git a/man3/qecvt.3 b/man3/qecvt.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa19f81 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/qecvt.3 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C) 2002 Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" This replaces an earlier man page written by Walter Harms +.\" <walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de>. +.\" +.TH qecvt 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +qecvt, qfcvt, qgcvt \- 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 "[[deprecated]] char *qecvt(long double " number ", int " ndigits , +.BI " int *restrict " decpt ", int *restrict " sign ); +.BI "[[deprecated]] char *qfcvt(long double " number ", int " ndigits , +.BI " int *restrict " decpt ", int *restrict " sign ); +.BI "[[deprecated]] char *qgcvt(long 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 qecvt (), +.BR qfcvt (), +.BR qgcvt (): +.nf + Since glibc 2.19: + _DEFAULT_SOURCE + In glibc up to and including 2.19: + _SVID_SOURCE +.fi +.\" FIXME . The full FTM picture looks to have been something like the +.\" following mess: +.\" glibc 2.20 onward +.\" _DEFAULT_SOURCE +.\" glibc 2.18 to glibc 2.19 +.\" _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE +.\" glibc 2.10 to glibc 2.17 +.\" _SVID_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || +.\" (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) && +.\" ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L)) +.\" Before glibc 2.10: +.\" _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || +.\" (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) +.SH DESCRIPTION +The functions +.BR qecvt (), +.BR qfcvt (), +and +.BR qgcvt () +are identical to +.BR ecvt (3), +.BR fcvt (3), +and +.BR gcvt (3) +respectively, except that they use a +.I "long double" +argument +.IR number . +See +.BR ecvt (3) +and +.BR gcvt (3). +.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 qecvt () +T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:qecvt +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR qfcvt () +T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:qfcvt +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR qgcvt () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +None. +.SH HISTORY +SVr4, SunOS, GNU. +.\" Not supported by libc4 and libc5. +.PP +These functions are obsolete. +Instead, +.BR snprintf (3) +is recommended. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR ecvt (3), +.BR ecvt_r (3), +.BR gcvt (3), +.BR sprintf (3) |