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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/strtoul.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/strtoul.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3eb602e --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/strtoul.3 @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)strtoul.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 28, 2001 +.Dt STRTOUL 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm strtoul , strtoull , strtoumax , strtouq +.Nd "convert a string to an" +.Vt "unsigned long" , "unsigned long long" , uintmax_t , +or +.Vt u_quad_t +integer +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdlib.h +.In limits.h +.Ft "unsigned long" +.Fn strtoul "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" +.Ft "unsigned long long" +.Fn strtoull "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" +.In inttypes.h +.Ft uintmax_t +.Fn strtoumax "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" +.In sys/types.h +.In stdlib.h +.In limits.h +.Ft u_quad_t +.Fn strtouq "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strtoul +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to an +.Vt "unsigned long" +value. +The +.Fn strtoull +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to an +.Vt "unsigned long long" +value. +The +.Fn strtoumax +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to an +.Vt uintmax_t +value. +The +.Fn strtouq +function +converts the string in +.Fa nptr +to a +.Vt u_quad_t +value. +The conversion is done according to the given +.Fa base , +which must be between 2 and 36 inclusive, +or be the special value 0. +.Pp +The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of white space +(as determined by +.Xr isspace 3 ) +followed by a single optional +.Ql + +or +.Ql - +sign. +If +.Fa base +is zero or 16, +the string may then include a +.Dq Li 0x +prefix, +and the number will be read in base 16; otherwise, a zero +.Fa base +is taken as 10 (decimal) unless the next character is +.Ql 0 , +in which case it is taken as 8 (octal). +.Pp +The remainder of the string is converted to an +.Vt "unsigned long" +value in the obvious manner, +stopping at the end of the string +or at the first character that does not produce a valid digit +in the given base. +(In bases above 10, the letter +.Ql A +in either upper or lower case +represents 10, +.Ql B +represents 11, and so forth, with +.Ql Z +representing 35.) +.Pp +If +.Fa endptr +is not +.Dv NULL , +.Fn strtoul +stores the address of the first invalid character in +.Fa *endptr . +If there were no digits at all, however, +.Fn strtoul +stores the original value of +.Fa nptr +in +.Fa *endptr . +(Thus, if +.Fa *nptr +is not +.Ql \e0 +but +.Fa **endptr +is +.Ql \e0 +on return, the entire string was valid.) +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn strtoul , +.Fn strtoull , +.Fn strtoumax +and +.Fn strtouq +functions +return either the result of the conversion +or, if there was a leading minus sign, +the negation of the result of the conversion, +unless the original (non-negated) value would overflow; +in the latter case, +.Fn strtoul +returns +.Dv ULONG_MAX , +.Fn strtoull +returns +.Dv ULLONG_MAX , +.Fn strtoumax +returns +.Dv UINTMAX_MAX , +and +.Fn strtouq +returns +.Dv ULLONG_MAX . +In all cases, +.Va errno +is set to +.Er ERANGE . +If no conversion could be performed, 0 is returned and +the global variable +.Va errno +is set to +.Er EINVAL . +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value of +.Fa base +is not supported or +no conversion could be performed. +.It Bq Er ERANGE +The given string was out of range; the value converted has been clamped. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr strtol 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strtoul +function +conforms to +.St -isoC . +The +.Fn strtoull +and +.Fn strtoumax +functions +conform to +.St -isoC-99 . +The +.Bx +.Fn strtouq +function is deprecated. |