NAME

       scan_double - parse a floating point number in decimal ASCII representation

SYNTAX

       #include <scan.h>

       size_t scan_double(const char *src,double *dest);

DESCRIPTION

       scan_double  parses  a  floating point number in decimal ASCII representation from src and
       writes the result into dest. It returns the number of bytes read from src.

SEE ALSO

       scan_xlong(3), scan_8long(3), fmt_ulong(3)

                                                                                   scan_double(3)