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.TH ustrtod 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
ustrtod \- Converts a string into a floating point number. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B double ustrtod(const char *s, char **endp);
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function converts as many characters of `s' that look like a floating
point number into one, and sets `*endp' to point to the first unused
character, if `endp' is not a NULL pointer. Example:

.nf
   char *endp, *string = "456.203 askdfg";
   double number = ustrtod(string, &endp);
.fi
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns the string converted as a value of type `double'. If nothing was
converted, returns zero with *endp pointing to the beginning of s.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uconvert (3alleg4),
.BR ustrtol (3alleg4),
.BR uatof (3alleg4)