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C Library Function - strtoul()

C Standard Library - <stdlib.h>

Description

The C library function unsigned long int strtoul(const char str, char *endptr, int base) converts the initial part of the string pointed to by str to an unsigned long int value according to the given base, which must be between 2 and 36 inclusive, or be the special value 0.

Declaration

Here is the declaration for the strtoul() function.

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

Parameters

Return Value

The function returns the converted long integer, or zero if no conversion could be performed.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the strtoul() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
   char str[30] = "2030300 This is test";
   char *ptr;
   long ret;

   ret = strtoul(str, &ptr, 10);
   printf("The number (unsigned long integer) is %lu\n", ret);
   printf("The string part is |%s|", ptr);

   return(0);
}

Let's compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

The number (unsigned long integer) is 2030300
The string part is | This is test|

C Standard Library - <stdlib.h>

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