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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:32:25 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Translated into german Wed 1 Jan 13:30:25 1997 by Martin Schulze (joey@linux.de)
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.TH GCVT 3 "1. Januar 1997" "" "Bibliotheksfunktionen"
.SH BEZEICHNUNG
gcvt \- convert a floating-point number to a string.
.SH ÜBERSICHT
.nf
.B #include <stdlib.h>
.sp
.BI "char *gcvt(double " number ", size_t " ndigit ", char *" buf );
.fi
.SH BESCHREIBUNG
Die Funktion
.B gcvt()
wandelt
.I number
in eine NULL-terminierte ASCII-Zeichenkette minimaler Länge um und speichert
diesen in
.IR buf .
Die Funktion erzeugt
.I ndigit
Nachkommastellen im F oder E format von 
.BR printf (3).
.SH RÜCKGABEWERT
Die Funktion
.B gcvt()
gibt die Adresse der Zeichenkette zurück, auf die
.I buf
zeigt.
.SH "SIEHE AUCH"
.BR ecvt (3),
.BR fcvt (3),
.BR sprintf (3).