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.TH ASTOL 3 "15. Juli 1988" "J\*org Schilling" "Schily\'s LIBRARY FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
astol() \- converts ASCII to long
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B astol(string,l)
.B	char *string;
.B	int *l;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
astol() converts the characters pointed to by string to a long
stored at l. It returns a pointer to the first character in the
string that was not used for the conversion. If the entire
string is to be used, it should point to a NULL character
('\\0').
Leading spaces and tabs are skipped.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.SH ERRORS
.SH EXAMPLES
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extern char *astol();
if (*astod(string, &l) != '\\0')
	error("Not a number %s\\n", string);
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
astod(3), astof(3), astoi(3)
.SH RETURNS
Returns a pointer to first unused character.
.SH NOTES
none