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qecvt

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NAME

qecvt, qfcvt, qgcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string

LIBRARY

Standard C library ( libc , -lc )

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

[[deprecated]] char *qecvt(long double number , int ndigits ,
int *restrict decpt , int *restrict sign );
[[deprecated]] char *qfcvt(long double number , int ndigits ,
int *restrict decpt , int *restrict sign );
[[deprecated]] char *qgcvt(long double number , int ndigit , char * buf );

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

qecvt (), qfcvt (), qgcvt ():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
In glibc up to and including 2.19:
_SVID_SOURCE

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).

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes (7).

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STANDARDS

None.

HISTORY

SVr4, SunOS, GNU.

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

SEE ALSO

ecvt (3), ecvt_r (3), gcvt (3), sprintf (3)