NAME
strtonum — reliably convert string value to an integerLIBRARY
library “libbsd”SYNOPSIS
#include <limits.h>#include <stdlib.h> (See libbsd(7) for include usage.)
long long
strtonum(const char *nptr, long long minval, long long maxval, const char **errstr);
DESCRIPTION
The strtonum() function converts the string in nptr to a long long value. The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of whitespace (as determined by isspace(3)) followed by a single optional ‘+
’ or
‘-
’ sign.
The remainder of the string is converted to a long
long value according to base 10.
The value obtained is then checked against the provided
minval and
maxval bounds. If
errstr is non-null,
strtonum() stores an error string in
*errstr indicating the failure.
RETURN VALUES
The strtonum() function returns the result of the conversion, unless the value would exceed the provided bounds or is invalid. On error, 0 is returned, errno is set, and errstr will point to an error message. On success, *errstr will be set toNULL
; this fact can be used to
differentiate a successful return of 0 from an error.
EXAMPLES
Using strtonum() correctly is meant to be simpler than the alternative functions.int iterations; const char *errstr; iterations = strtonum(optarg, 1, 64, &errstr); if (errstr) errx(1, "number of iterations is %s: %s", errstr, optarg);
ERRORS
- [
EINVAL
] - The given string did not consist solely of digit characters; or minval was larger than maxval.
- [
ERANGE
] - The given string was out of range.
too large
- The result was larger than the provided maximum value.
too small
- The result was smaller than the provided minimum value.
invalid
- The string did not consist solely of digit characters.
SEE ALSO
atof(3), atoi(3), atol(3), atoll(3), sscanf(3), strtod(3), strtoi(3bsd), strtol(3), strtoll(3), strtou(3bsd), strtoul(3), strtoull(3)STANDARDS
strtonum() is an OpenBSD extension.HISTORY
The strtonum() function first appeared in OpenBSD 3.6. strtonum() was redesigned in NetBSD 8.0 as strtoi(3bsd) and strtou(3bsd).CAVEATS
The strtonum() function was designed to facilitate safe, robust programming and overcome the shortcomings of the atoi(3) and strtol(3) family of interfaces, however there are problems with the strtonum() API:- will return 0 on failure; 0 might not be in range, so that necessitates an error check even if you want to avoid it
- does not differentiate 'illegal' returns, so we can't tell the difference between partial and no conversions
- returns english strings
- can't set the base, or find where the conversion ended
- hardcodes long long integer type
January 18, 2015 | Debian |