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@(#)atol.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 05/16/90

ATOL 3 ""
C 7
NAME
atol - convert ASCII string to long integer
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>

long
atol(const char *nptr);
DESCRIPTION
The atol function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by nptr to long integer representation.

It is equivalent to:

strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);

SEE ALSO
atof(3), atoi(3), strtod(3), strtol(3), strtoul(3)
STANDARDS
Atol conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').