gcvt

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NAME
       gcvt - convert a floating-point number to a string

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       char *gcvt(double number, size_t ndigit, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gcvt()  function  converts number to a minimal length NULL termi-
       nated ASCII string and stores the result in buf.	 It  produces  ndigit
       significant digits in either printf(3) F format or E format.

RETURN VALUE
       The  gcvt()  function  returns the address of the string pointed to by
       buf.

SEE ALSO
       ecvt(3), fcvt(3), sprintf(3)



				  1993-03-29			      GCVT(3)