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32.\"	$OpenBSD: strtol.3,v 1.27 2015/04/14 22:16:03 nicm Exp $
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34.Dd $Mdocdate: April 14 2015 $
35.Dt STRTOL 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm strtol ,
39.Nm strtoll ,
40.Nm strtoimax ,
41.Nm strtoq
42.Nd convert string value to a long, long long or intmax_t integer
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In limits.h
45.In stdlib.h
46.Ft long
47.Fn strtol "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
48.Ft long long
49.Fn strtoll "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
50.In inttypes.h
51.Ft intmax_t
52.Fn strtoimax "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
53.In sys/types.h
54.In limits.h
55.In stdlib.h
56.Ft quad_t
57.Fn strtoq "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Fn strtol
61function converts the string in
62.Fa nptr
63to a
64.Vt long
65value.
66The
67.Fn strtoll
68function converts the string in
69.Fa nptr
70to a
71.Vt long long
72value.
73The
74.Fn strtoimax
75function converts the string in
76.Fa nptr
77to an
78.Vt intmax_t
79value.
80The
81.Fn strtoq
82function is a deprecated equivalent of
83.Fn strtoll
84and is provided for backwards compatibility with legacy programs.
85The conversion is done according to the given
86.Fa base ,
87which must be a number between 2 and 36 inclusive or the special value 0.
88.Pp
89The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of whitespace
90(as determined by
91.Xr isspace 3 )
92followed by a single optional
93.Ql +
94or
95.Ql -
96sign.
97If
98.Fa base
99is zero or 16, the string may then include a
100.Ql 0x
101prefix, and the number will be read in base 16; otherwise, a zero
102.Fa base
103is taken as 10 (decimal) unless the next character is
104.Ql 0 ,
105in which case it is taken as 8 (octal).
106.Pp
107The remainder of the string is converted to a
108.Vt long ,
109.Vt long long ,
110or
111.Vt intmax_t
112value in the obvious manner,
113stopping at the first character which is not a valid digit
114in the given base.
115(In bases above 10, the letter
116.Ql A
117in either upper or lower case represents 10,
118.Ql B
119represents 11, and so forth, with
120.Ql Z
121representing 35.)
122.Pp
123If
124.Fa endptr
125is non-null,
126.Fn strtol
127stores the address of the first invalid character in
128.Fa *endptr .
129If there were no digits at all, however,
130.Fn strtol
131stores the original value of
132.Fa nptr
133in
134.Fa *endptr .
135(Thus, if
136.Fa *nptr
137is not
138.Ql \e0
139but
140.Fa **endptr
141is
142.Ql \e0
143on return, the entire string was valid.)
144.Sh RETURN VALUES
145The
146.Fn strtol ,
147.Fn strtoll ,
148.Fn strtoimax ,
149and
150.Fn strtoq
151functions return the result of the conversion.
152If overflow or underflow occurs,
153.Va errno
154is set to
155.Er ERANGE
156and the function return value is as follows:
157.Bl -column "strtoimaxXX" "INTMAX_MIN" "INTMAX_MAX" -offset indent
158.It Sy Function Ta Sy underflow Ta Sy overflow
159.It Fn strtol Ta Dv LONG_MIN Ta Dv LONG_MAX
160.It Fn strtoll Ta Dv LLONG_MIN Ta Dv LLONG_MAX
161.It Fn strtoimax Ta Dv INTMAX_MIN Ta Dv INTMAX_MAX
162.It Fn strtoq Ta Dv LLONG_MIN Ta Dv LLONG_MAX
163.El
164.Pp
165If there is no valid digit, 0 is returned.
166If
167.Ar base
168is invalid, 0 is returned and the global variable
169.Va errno
170is set to
171.Er EINVAL .
172.Sh EXAMPLES
173Ensuring that a string is a valid number (i.e., in range and containing no
174trailing characters) requires clearing
175.Va errno
176beforehand explicitly since
177.Va errno
178is not changed on a successful call to
179.Fn strtol ,
180and the return value of
181.Fn strtol
182cannot be used unambiguously to signal an error:
183.Bd -literal -offset indent
184char *ep;
185long lval;
186
187\&...
188
189errno = 0;
190lval = strtol(buf, &ep, 10);
191if (buf[0] == '\e0' || *ep != '\e0')
192	goto not_a_number;
193if (errno == ERANGE && (lval == LONG_MAX || lval == LONG_MIN))
194	goto out_of_range;
195.Ed
196.Pp
197This example will accept
198.Dq 12
199but not
200.Dq 12foo
201or
202.Dq 12\en .
203If trailing whitespace is acceptable, further checks must be done on
204.Va *ep ;
205alternately, use
206.Xr sscanf 3 .
207.Pp
208If
209.Fn strtol
210is being used instead of
211.Xr atoi 3 ,
212error checking is further complicated because the desired return value is an
213.Vt int
214rather than a
215.Vt long ;
216however, on some architectures integers and long integers are the same size.
217Thus the following is necessary:
218.Bd -literal -offset indent
219char *ep;
220int ival;
221long lval;
222
223\&...
224
225errno = 0;
226lval = strtol(buf, &ep, 10);
227if (buf[0] == '\e0' || *ep != '\e0')
228     goto not_a_number;
229if ((errno == ERANGE && (lval == LONG_MAX || lval == LONG_MIN)) ||
230    (lval > INT_MAX || lval < INT_MIN))
231     goto out_of_range;
232ival = lval;
233.Ed
234.Sh ERRORS
235.Bl -tag -width Er
236.It Bq Er EINVAL
237The value of
238.Ar base
239was neither between 2 and 36 inclusive nor the special value 0.
240.It Bq Er ERANGE
241The given string was out of range; the value converted has been clamped.
242.El
243.Sh SEE ALSO
244.Xr atof 3 ,
245.Xr atoi 3 ,
246.Xr atol 3 ,
247.Xr atoll 3 ,
248.Xr sscanf 3 ,
249.Xr strtod 3 ,
250.Xr strtonum 3 ,
251.Xr strtoul 3
252.Sh STANDARDS
253The
254.Fn strtol ,
255.Fn strtoll ,
256and
257.Fn strtoimax
258functions conform to
259.St -isoC-99 .
260Setting
261.Va errno
262to
263.Dv EINVAL
264is an extension to that standard required by
265.St -p1003.1-2008 .
266.Pp
267The
268.Fn strtoq
269function is a
270.Bx
271extension and is provided for backwards compatibility with legacy programs.
272.Sh BUGS
273Ignores the current locale.
274