ECVT_R(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		    ECVT_R(3)



NAME
       ecvt_r, fcvt_r, qecvt_r, qfcvt_r - convert a floating-point number to a
       string

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       int ecvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
		  int *sign, char *buf, size_t len);

       int fcvt_r(double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
		  int *sign, char *buf, size_t len);

       int qecvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
		  int *sign, char *buf, size_t len);

       int qfcvt_r(long double number, int ndigits, int *decpt,
		  int *sign, char *buf, size_t len);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r(), qfcvt_r(): _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
       || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

DESCRIPTION
       The functions ecvt_r(), fcvt_r(), qecvt_r() and qfcvt_r() are identical
       to ecvt(3), fcvt(3), qecvt(3) and qfcvt(3), respectively,  except  that
       they do not return their result in a static buffer, but instead use the
       supplied buf of size len.  See ecvt(3) and qecvt(3).

RETURN VALUE
       These functions return 0 on success, and -1 otherwise.

CONFORMING TO
       These functions are GNU extensions.

NOTES
       These functions are obsolete.  Instead, sprintf(3) is recommended.

SEE ALSO
       ecvt(3), qecvt(3), sprintf(3)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.05 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/.



GNU				  2007-07-26			     ECVT_R(3)