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gcvt(3) Library Functions Manual gcvt(3)
gcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <stdlib.h> char *gcvt(double number, int ndigit, char *buf); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): gcvt(): Since glibc 2.17 (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L)) || /* glibc >= 2.20 */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19 */ _SVID_SOURCE glibc 2.12 to glibc 2.16: (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)) || _SVID_SOURCE Before glibc 2.12: _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
The gcvt() function converts number to a minimal length null- terminated ASCII string and stores the result in buf. It produces ndigit significant digits in either printf(3) F format or E format.
The gcvt() function returns buf.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │gcvt() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
None.
Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2008 removed it, recommending the use of sprintf(3) instead (though snprintf(3) may be preferable).
ecvt(3), fcvt(3), sprintf(3)
Linux man-pages 6.04 2023-03-30 gcvt(3)
Pages that refer to this page: ecvt(3), qecvt(3)