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## atol

Format
#include <string.h>
long atol (const char *string)
Arguments

- string is the pointer to the character string to be converted

Return Value
A numeric value of the long type
What This Function Does
It converts a character string to a numeric value of the long type by parsing the character string as follows:
[whitespace] [(sign}] [digits]
Where:

- whitespace is a space, NULL character, or tab character
- sign is + or -
- digits is a decimal character string with more than one digit

Conversion is terminated when an unrecognizable character appears as part of the number.
Note
This standard function comes with NuSystem.

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Last updated March 1998