ATOL(3)

NAME
       atol - convert a string to a 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.  The behaviour  is  the
       same as
              strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);

       except that atol() does not detect errors.

RETURN VALUE
       The converted value.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO
       atof(3) atoi(3) strtod(3) strtol(3) strtoul(3)