.TH scan_double 3 .SH NAME scan_double \- parse a floating point number in decimal ASCII representation .SH SYNTAX .B #include size_t \fBscan_double\fP(const char *\fIsrc\fR,double *\fIdest\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION scan_double parses a floating point number in decimal ASCII representation from \fIsrc\fR and writes the result into \fIdest\fR. It returns the number of bytes read from \fIsrc\fR. .SH "SEE ALSO" scan_xlong(3), scan_8long(3), fmt_ulong(3)