Name
qecvt, qfcvt, qgcvt — convert a floating-point number to a string
Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h>
char
*qecvt( |
long double | number, |
| int | ndigits, | |
| int * | decpt, | |
| int * | sign); |
char
*qfcvt( |
long double | number, |
| int | ndigits, | |
| int * | decpt, | |
| int * | sign); |
char
*qgcvt( |
long double | number, |
| int | ndigit, | |
| char * | buf); |
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DESCRIPTION
The functions qecvt(),
qfcvt() and qgcvt() are identical to ecvt(3), fcvt(3) and gcvt(3) respectively,
except that they use a long double
argument number. See
ecvt(3) and gcvt(3).
CONFORMING TO
SVr4. Not seen in most common Unix implementations, but occurs in SunOS. Not supported by libc4 and libc5. Supported by glibc.
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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