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STRTOIMAX

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME

strtoimax, strtoumax - convert string to integer

SYNOPSIS

#include <inttypes.h>

intmax_t strtoimax(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
uintmax_t strtoumax(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);

DESCRIPTION

These functions are just like strtol(3) and strtoul(3), except that they return a value of type intmax_t and uintmax_t, respectively.

RETURN VALUE

On success, the converted value is returned. If nothing was found to convert, zero is returned. On overflow or underflow INTMAX_MAX or INTMAX_MIN or UINTMAX_MAX is returned, and errno is set to ERANGE.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
strtoimax(), strtoumax()	Thread safety	MT-Safe locale

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

COLOPHON

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