STRTOLD(3POSIX)

💖 STRTOLD — the POSIX Programmer's Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this little page lives inside the POSIX Programmer's Manual, and we're about to vibe through it together. 🎀

✨ PROLOG ✨

Real talk first, because it matters: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. But — and this is the tea — the Linux implementation of this interface may differ, so you should consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. Or, plot twist, the interface may not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈

🌸 NAME 🌸

strtold — convert a string to a double-precision number periodt 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <stdlib.h>

long double strtold(const char *restrict nptr, char **restrict endptr);

literally that's the whole signature, keep it exactly like that, no cap. ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Bestie. It just says: Refer to strtod(). 👑

That's it. That's the whole description. This function is giving main character who lets her sister do the talking energy — all the actual behavior lives over in the strtod() page, so go read that one for the full story. 🫶

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Gotta give credit where credit is due, and this part is important so don't skip it:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

⚠️ In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. So if something looks off, the original wins. No arguing. 💀

The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . 🌈

Also, any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . 🐛

and that's the whole page, you ate it, congrats 🍓🧚

sign-off time: this iconic little number was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, and filed under STRTOLD(3POSIX). 💖✨🎀🦋💅🫶