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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: strtoul.3,v 1.22 2013/08/14 06:32:28 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: strtoul.3,v 1.23 2014/09/14 14:32:44 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2014 $
.Dt STRTOUL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -61,21 +61,21 @@ The
function converts the string in
.Fa nptr
to an
.Li unsigned long
.Vt unsigned long
value.
The
.Fn strtoull
function converts the string in
.Fa nptr
to an
.Li unsigned long long
.Vt unsigned long long
value.
The
.Fn strtoumax
function converts the string in
.Fa nptr
to a
.Li umaxint_t
.Vt umaxint_t
value.
The
.Fn strtouq
@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ function is a deprecated equivalent of
and is provided for backwards compatibility with legacy programs.
The conversion is done according to the given
.Fa base ,
which must be a number between 2 and 36 inclusive
or the special value 0.
which must be a number between 2 and 36 inclusive or the special value 0.
If the string in
.Fa nptr
represents a negative number, it will be converted to its unsigned equivalent.
@ -111,9 +110,12 @@ is taken as 10 (decimal) unless the next character is
in which case it is taken as 8 (octal).
.Pp
The remainder of the string is converted to an
.Li 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
.Vt unsigned long ,
.Vt unsigned long long ,
or
.Vt uintmax_t
value in the obvious manner,
stopping at the first character which is not a valid digit
in the given base.
(In bases above 10, the letter
.Ql A
@ -172,12 +174,6 @@ and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to
.Er ERANGE .
If no conversion could be performed, 0 is returned;
the global variable
.Va errno
is also set to
.Er EINVAL ,
though this is not portable across all platforms.
.Pp
There is no way to determine if
.Fn strtoul
@ -185,6 +181,14 @@ has processed a negative number (and returned an unsigned value) short of
examining the string in
.Fa nptr
directly.
.Pp
If there is no valid digit, 0 is returned.
If
.Ar base
is invalid, 0 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to
.Er EINVAL .
.Sh EXAMPLES
Ensuring that a string is a valid number (i.e., in range and containing no
trailing characters) requires clearing
@ -222,6 +226,10 @@ alternately, use
.Xr sscanf 3 .
.Sh ERRORS
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The value of
.Ar base
was neither between 2 and 36 inclusive nor the special value 0.
.It Bq Er ERANGE
The given string was out of range; the value converted has been clamped.
.El
@ -236,6 +244,13 @@ and
.Fn strtoumax
functions conform to
.St -ansiC-99 .
Setting
.Va errno
to
.Dv EINVAL
is an extension to that standard required by
.St -p1003.1-2008 .
.Pp
The
.Fn strtouq
function is a