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 atof

 NAME
  atof - convert string into double floating point value

 SYNOPSIS
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>

  double d = atof(str);
  const char *str;

 FUNCTION
  atof converts a string into a double floating point value, it is
  equivalent to calling strtod(str, NULL).   Please refer to strtod()
  for more information.

 INPUTS
  char *str;  string, like "1.234E-4";

 RESULTS
  double d;   double fp representation of string

 SEE ALSO
  strtod