GCVT

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )
Updated: 1993-03-29
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NAME

gcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string.

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

char *gcvt(double number, size_t ndigit, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION

The gcvt() function converts number to a minimal length NULL terminated ASCII string and stores the result in buf. It produces ndigit significant digits in either printf(3) F format or E format.

RETURN VALUE

The gcvt() function returns the address of the string pointed to by buf.