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diff --git a/man3/ecvt.3 b/man3/ecvt.3 index 1eafca785b..f5555a3c9d 100644 --- a/man3/ecvt.3 +++ b/man3/ecvt.3 @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ ecvt, fcvt \- convert a floating-point number to a string .BI "char *fcvt(double " number ", int " ndigits ", int *" decpt , .BI "int *" sign ); .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBecvt\fP() function converts \fInumber\fP to a null-terminated +The +.BR ecvt () +function converts \fInumber\fP to a null-terminated string of \fIndigits\fP digits (where \fIndigits\fP is reduced to an system-specific limit determined by the precision of a double), and returns a pointer to the string. @@ -59,13 +61,23 @@ If .I number is zero, it is unspecified whether *\fIdecpt\fP is 0 or 1. .PP -The \fBfcvt\fP() function is identical to \fBecvt\fP(), except that +The +.BR fcvt () +function is identical to +.BR ecvt (), +except that \fIndigits\fP specifies the number of digits after the decimal point. .SH "RETURN VALUE" -Both the \fBecvt\fP() and \fBfcvt\fP() functions return a pointer to a +Both the +.BR ecvt () +and +.BR fcvt () +functions return a pointer to a static string containing the ASCII representation of \fInumber\fP. -The static string is overwritten by each call to \fBecvt\fP() or -\fBfcvt\fP(). +The static string is overwritten by each call to +.BR ecvt () +or +.BR fcvt (). .SH NOTES These functions are obsolete. Instead, |