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Name

strtoimax, strtoumax - convert string to integer

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <inttypes.h> 
intmax_t strtoimax(const char *restrict " nptr ", char **restrict  endptr ,
int base );
uintmax_t strtoumax(const char *restrict " nptr ", char **restrict endptr ,
int base );

Description

These functions are just like strtol(3) and strtoul(3), except that they return a value of type intmax_t and uintmax_t, respectively.

Return Value

On success, the converted value is returned. If nothing was found to convert, zero is returned. On overflow or underflow INTMAX_MAX or INTMAX_MIN or UINTMAX_MAX is returned, and errno is set to ERANGE .

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ strtoimax()strtoumax()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe locale

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

See Also

  1. imaxabs(3),
  2. imaxdiv(3),
  3. strtol(3),
  4. strtoul(3),
  5. wcstoimax(3)