Strtoul command

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strtoul                                                                           #include <stdlib.h> 

unsigned long int strtoul (const char* str, char** endptr, int base);

Convert string to unsigned long integer
Parses the C-string str, interpreting its content as an integral number of the specified base, which is returned as an value of type 

unsigned long int

.

This function operates like strtol to interpret the string, but produces numbers of type 

unsigned long int

 (see strtolfor
details on the interpretation process).

Parameters

strC-string containing the representation of an integral number.endptrReference to an object of type 

char*

, whose value is set by the function to the next character in str after the numerical value.

This parameter can also be a null pointer, in which case it is not used.baseNumerical base (radix) that determines the valid characters and their interpretation.

If this is 

0

, the base used is determined by the format in the sequence (see strtol for details).

Return Value

On success, the function returns the converted integral number as an 

unsigned long int

 value.

If no valid conversion could be performed, a zero value is returned.

If the value read is out of the range of representable values by an 

unsigned long int

, the function returns ULONG_MAX(defined in <climits>),
and errno is set to ERANGE.

Example

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/* strtoul example */ #include <stdio.h> /* printf, NULL */ #include <stdlib.h> /* strtoul */ int main () { char buffer [256]; unsigned long ul; printf ("Enter an unsigned number: "); fgets (buffer, 256, stdin); ul = strtoul (buffer, NULL, 0); printf ("Value entered: %lu. Its double: %lu\n",ul,ul*2); return 0; }

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Possible output:

Enter an unsigned number: 0x7ff Value entered: 2047. Its double: 4094