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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/ecvt.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/ecvt.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f478f8e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/ecvt.3 @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ecvt.3,v 1.13 2019/01/25 00:19:25 millert Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects +.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force +.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 25 2019 $ +.Dt ECVT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ecvt , +.Nm fcvt , +.Nm gcvt +.Nd convert double to ASCII string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdlib.h +.Ft char * +.Fn ecvt "double value" "int ndigit" "int *decpt" "int *sign" +.Ft char * +.Fn fcvt "double value" "int ndigit" "int *decpt" "int *sign" +.Ft char * +.Fn gcvt "double value" "int ndigit" "char *buf" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +These functions are provided for compatibility with legacy code. +New code should use the +.Xr snprintf 3 +function for improved safety and portability. +.Ef +.Pp +The +.Fn ecvt , +.Fn fcvt +and +.Fn gcvt +functions convert the double precision floating-point number +.Fa value +to a NUL-terminated +.Tn ASCII +string. +.Pp +The +.Fn ecvt +function converts +.Fa value +to a NUL-terminated string of exactly +.Fa ndigit +digits and returns a pointer to that string. +The result is padded with zeroes from left to right as needed. +There are no leading zeroes unless +.Fa value +itself is 0. +The least significant digit is rounded in an implementation-dependent manner. +The position of the decimal point relative to the beginning of the string +is stored in +.Fa decpt . +A negative value indicates that the decimal point is located +to the left of the returned digits (this occurs when there is no +whole number component to +.Fa value ) . +If +.Fa value +is zero, it is unspecified whether the integer pointed to by +.Fa decpt +will be 0 or 1. +The decimal point itself is not included in the returned string. +If the sign of the result is negative, the integer pointed to by +.Fa sign +is non-zero; otherwise, it is 0. +.Pp +If the converted value is out of range or is not representable, +the contents of the returned string are unspecified. +.Pp +The +.Fn fcvt +function is identical to +.Fn ecvt +with the exception that +.Fa ndigit +specifies the number of digits after the decimal point (zero-padded as +needed). +.Pp +The +.Fn gcvt +function converts +.Fa value +to a NUL-terminated string similar to the %g +.Xr printf 3 +format specifier and stores the result in +.Fa buf . +It produces +.Fa ndigit +significant digits similar to the %f +.Xr printf 3 +format specifier where possible. +If +.Fa ndigit +does allow sufficient precision, the result is stored in +exponential notation similar to the %e +.Xr printf 3 +format specifier. +If +.Fa value +is less than zero, +.Fa buf +will be prefixed with a minus sign. +A decimal point is included in the returned string if +.Fa value +is not a whole number. +Unlike the +.Fn ecvt +and +.Fn fcvt +functions, +.Fa buf +is not zero-padded. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn ecvt , +.Fn fcvt +and +.Fn gcvt +functions return a NUL-terminated string representation of +.Fa value . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr printf 3 , +.Xr strtod 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn ecvt , +.Fn fcvt +and +.Fn gcvt +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1-2001 ; +as of +.St -p1003.1-2008 +they are no longer a part of the standard. +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Fn ecvt +and +.Fn fcvt +functions return a pointer to internal storage space that will be +overwritten by subsequent calls to either function. +.Pp +The maximum possible precision of the return value is limited by the +precision of a double and may not be the same on all architectures. +.Pp +The +.Xr snprintf 3 +function is preferred over these functions for new code. |
