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Tcl_GetInt(3tcl)            Tcl Library Procedures            Tcl_GetInt(3tcl)

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NAME
       Tcl_GetInt,  Tcl_GetDouble, Tcl_GetBoolean - convert from string to in-
       teger, double, or boolean

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       int
       Tcl_GetInt(interp, src, intPtr)

       int
       Tcl_GetDouble(interp, src, doublePtr)

       int
       Tcl_GetBoolean(interp, src, boolPtr)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)             Interpreter to use  for  error  re-
                                           porting.

       const char *src (in)                Textual value to be converted.

       int *intPtr (out)                   Points  to  place  to store integer
                                           value converted from src.

       double *doublePtr (out)             Points to place  to  store  double-
                                           precision floating-point value con-
                                           verted from src.

       int *boolPtr (out)                  Points to place  to  store  boolean
                                           value (0 or 1) converted from src.
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DESCRIPTION
       These  procedures  convert from strings to integers or double-precision
       floating-point values or booleans (represented as 0- or 1-valued  inte-
       gers).   Each of the procedures takes a src argument, converts it to an
       internal form of a particular type, and stores the converted  value  at
       the  location indicated by the procedure's third argument.  If all goes
       well, each of the procedures returns TCL_OK.  If src does not have  the
       proper syntax for the desired type then TCL_ERROR is returned, an error
       message is left in the interpreter's result, and nothing is  stored  at
       *intPtr or *doublePtr or *boolPtr.

       Tcl_GetInt  expects  src  to consist of a collection of integer digits,
       optionally signed and optionally preceded and followed by white  space.
       If  the  first two characters of src after the optional white space and
       sign are “0x” then src is expected to be in hexadecimal  form;   other-
       wise,  if the first such characters are “0o” then src is expected to be
       in octal form;  otherwise, if the first such characters are  “0b”  then
       src  is  expected  to  be in binary form;  otherwise, if the first such
       character is “0” then src is expected to be in octal form;   otherwise,
       src is expected to be in decimal form.

       Tcl_GetDouble  expects src to consist of a floating-point number, which
       is:  white space;  a sign; a sequence of digits;  a decimal point  “.”;
       a  sequence of digits;  the letter “e”; a signed decimal exponent;  and
       more white space.  Any of the fields may be omitted,  except  that  the
       digits  either before or after the decimal point must be present and if
       the “e” is present then it must be followed by the exponent number.  If
       there  are no fields apart from the sign and initial sequence of digits
       (i.e., no decimal point or exponent indicator), that  initial  sequence
       of  digits  should  take one of the forms that Tcl_GetInt supports, de-
       scribed above. The use of “,” as a decimal point is not  supported  nor
       should any other sort of inter-digit separator be present.

       Tcl_GetBoolean  expects  src to specify a boolean value.  If src is any
       of 0, false, no, or off, then Tcl_GetBoolean stores  a  zero  value  at
       *boolPtr.   If  src  is any of 1, true, yes, or on, then 1 is stored at
       *boolPtr.  Any of these  values  may  be  abbreviated,  and  upper-case
       spellings are also acceptable.

KEYWORDS
       boolean, conversion, double, floating-point, integer

Tcl                                                           Tcl_GetInt(3tcl)

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