Converts a string to an unsigned long integer.
unsigned long strtoul (char * string, char ** endptr, int base);
Required Header |
<stdlib.h> |
Return Value
This function returns the unsigned long integer representation of string.
Parameters
string
The string to be converted to an unsigned long integer
endptr
A pointer to the character which stops the scan
base
The base of the number being converted
Remarks
The strtoul function converts string to an unsigned long integer number, where the conversion stops at the first character that is not recognisable as a number in the form:
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