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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
+.\" Processing Systems.
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+.\"     from: @(#)atof.3	6.4 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
+.\"	$Id: atof.3,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:16 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd June 29, 1991
+.Dt ATOF 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm atof
+.Nd convert
+.Tn ASCII
+string to double
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
+.Ft double
+.Fn atof "const char *nptr"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn atof
+function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
+.Ar nptr
+to
+.Ar double
+representation.
+.Pp
+It is equivalent to:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr atoi 3 ,
+.Xr atol 3 ,
+.Xr strtod 3 ,
+.Xr strtol 3 ,
+.Xr strtoul 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn atof
+function conforms to
+.St -ansiC .