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gcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string.

Synopsis


#include <stdlib.h>
char *gcvt(double number, size_t ndigit, char *buf);

Description

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.

Return Value

The gcvt() function returns the address of the string pointed to by buf.

See Also

ecvt(3) , fcvt(3) , sprintf(3)


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