ATOL(3)                     BSD Programmer's Manual                    ATOL(3)

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
     The atol() function conforms to ANSI C3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSDI BSD/386                    March 26, 1993                               1