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Tcl_GetInt(3)		    Tcl	Library	Procedures		 Tcl_GetInt(3)

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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, intPtr)

       int
       Tcl_GetBool(interp, src,	flags, charPtr)

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.

       char *charPtr (out)		   Points  to  place  to store boolean
					   value (0 or 1) value	converted from
					   src.

       int flags (in)			   0 or	TCL_NULL_OK. If	TCL_NULL_OK is
					   used, then the empty	string or NULL
					   will	result in  Tcl_GetBool	return
					   TCL_OK,  the	 *charPtr  filled with
					   the value '\xFF';
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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.

       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 "0d" then src is	expected to be
       in decimal form;	otherwise, 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;	other-
       wise, 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
       *intPtr.	  If  src  is  any of 1, true, yes, or on, then	1 is stored at
       *intPtr.	 Any of	 these	values	may  be	 abbreviated,  and  upper-case
       spellings are also acceptable.

       Tcl_GetBool  functions almost the same as Tcl_GetBoolean, but it	has an
       additional parameter flags, which can be	used to	 specify  whether  the
       empty string or NULL is accepted	as valid.

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

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