.TH scan_xlong 3 .SH NAME scan_xlong \- parse an unsigned long integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation .SH SYNTAX .B #include size_t \fBscan_xlong\fP(const char *\fIsrc\fR,unsigned long *\fIdest\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION scan_xlong parses an unsigned long integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation from \fIsrc\fR and writes the result into \fIdest\fR. It returns the number of bytes read from \fIsrc\fR. scan_xlong understands both upper and lower case letters. scan_xlong does not expect or understand a "0x" prefix. .SH "SEE ALSO" fmt_xlong(3)