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       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       atoi — convert a string to an integer

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       int atoi(const char *str);

DESCRIPTION

       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The call atoi(str) shall be equivalent to:

           (int) strtol(str, (char **)NULL, 10)

       except  that  the  handling  of  errors  may  differ. If the value cannot be represented, the behavior is
       undefined.

RETURN VALUE

       The atoi() function shall return the converted value if the value can be represented.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Converting an Argument
       The following example checks for proper usage of the program. If there is an  argument  and  the  decimal
       conversion  of  this  argument  (obtained  using  atoi()) is greater than 0, then the program has a valid
       number of minutes to wait for an event.

           #include <stdlib.h>
           #include <stdio.h>
           ...
           int minutes_to_event;
           ...
           if (argc < 2 || ((minutes_to_event = atoi (argv[1]))) <= 0) {
              fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s minutes\n", argv[0]); exit(1);
           }
           ...

APPLICATION USAGE

       The atoi() function is subsumed by strtol() but is retained because it is used  extensively  in  existing
       code.  If  the number is not known to be in range, strtol() should be used because atoi() is not required
       to perform any error checking.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       strtol()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard  for  Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,  Inc
       and  The  Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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. The original Standard can be obtained online at
       http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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