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.TH ECVT_R 3  2016-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
ecvt_r, fcvt_r, qecvt_r, qfcvt_r \- convert a floating-point number to a string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <stdlib.h>
.PP
.BI "int ecvt_r(double " number ", int " ndigits ", int *" decpt ,
.BI "           int *" sign ", char *" buf ", size_t " len );
.PP
.BI "int fcvt_r(double " number ", int " ndigits ", int *" decpt ,
.BI "           int *" sign ", char *" buf ", size_t " len );
.PP
.BI "int qecvt_r(long double " number ", int " ndigits ", int *" decpt ,
.BI "           int *" sign ", char *" buf ", size_t " len );
.PP
.BI "int qfcvt_r(long double " number ", int " ndigits ", int *" decpt ,
.BI "           int *" sign ", char *" buf ", size_t " len );
.fi
.PP
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
.PP
.ad l
.BR ecvt_r (),
.BR fcvt_r (),
.BR qecvt_r (),
.BR qfcvt_r ():
.RS 4
/* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
    || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
.RE
.ad b
.SH DESCRIPTION
The functions
.BR ecvt_r (),
.BR fcvt_r (),
.BR qecvt_r (),
and
.BR qfcvt_r ()
are identical to
.BR ecvt (3),
.BR fcvt (3),
.BR qecvt (3),
and
.BR qfcvt (3),
respectively, except that they do not return their result in a static
buffer, but instead use the supplied
.I buf
of size
.IR len .
See
.BR ecvt (3)
and
.BR qecvt (3).
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return 0 on success, and \-1 otherwise.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbw20 lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR ecvt_r (),
.BR fcvt_r (),
.br
.BR qecvt_r (),
.BR qfcvt_r ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
These functions are GNU extensions.
.SH NOTES
These functions are obsolete.
Instead,
.BR sprintf (3)
is recommended.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ecvt (3),
.BR qecvt (3),
.BR sprintf (3)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
\%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.