wcstof, wcstod, wcstold

float       wcstof( const wchar_t* restrict str, wchar_t** restrict str_end );

double      wcstod( const wchar_t* str, wchar_t** str_end );

double      wcstod( const wchar_t* restrict str, wchar_t** restrict str_end );

long double wcstold( const wchar_t* restrict str, wchar_t** restrict str_end );

Interprets a floating-point value in a wide string pointed to by str.

Function discards any whitespace characters (as determined by iswspace) until first non-whitespace character is found. Then it takes as many characters as possible to form a valid floating-point representation and converts them to a floating-point value. The valid floating-point value can be one of the following:

• decimal floating-point expression. It consists of the following parts:
• (optional) plus or minus sign
• nonempty sequence of decimal digits optionally containing decimal-point character (as determined by the current C locale) (defines significand)
• (optional) e or E followed with optional minus or plus sign and nonempty sequence of decimal digits (defines exponent to base 10)

• any other expression that may be accepted by the currently installed C locale.

The functions sets the pointer pointed to by str_end to point to the wide character past the last character interpreted. If str_end is a null pointer, it is ignored.

Parameters

Return value

Floating-point value corresponding to the contents of str on success. If the converted value falls out of range of corresponding return type, range error occurs and HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF or HUGE_VALL is returned. If no conversion can be performed, 0 is returned.

Example

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>

int main(void)
{
    const wchar_t* p = L"111.11 -2.22 0X1.BC70A3D70A3D7P+6  1.18973e+4932zzz";
    printf("Parsing L\"%ls\":\n", p);
    wchar_t* end;
    for (double f = wcstod(p, &end); p != end; f = wcstod(p, &end))
    {
        printf("'%.*ls' -> ", (int)(end-p), p);
        p = end;
        if (errno == ERANGE){
            printf("range error, got ");
            errno = 0;
        }
        printf("%f\n", f);
    }
}

Parsing L"111.11 -2.22 0X1.BC70A3D70A3D7P+6  1.18973e+4932zzz":
'111.11' -> 111.110000
' -2.22' -> -2.220000
' 0X1.BC70A3D70A3D7P+6' -> 111.110000
'  1.18973e+4932' -> range error, got inf

References

• C23 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2024):
• 7.29.4.1.1 The wcstod, wcstof, and wcstold functions (p: TBD)
• C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
• 7.29.4.1.1 The wcstod, wcstof, and wcstold functions (p: TBD)
• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
• 7.29.4.1.1 The wcstod, wcstof, and wcstold functions (p: 426-428)
• C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
• 7.24.4.1.1 The wcstod, wcstof, and wcstold functions (p: 372-374)

See also