Atol(33.4)		  ARP Programmers Manual	    Atol(33.4)



     NAME
	  Atol -- Convert ascii	string to long int.

     SYNOPSIS
	  intval = Atol("string")
	    d0		   a0

     FUNCTION
	  Convert "string" to a	long integer.  This function will skip
	  leading whitespace. This function returns an error if	a
	  non-whitespace non-digit is encountered during processing.

     INPUTS
	  string -- pointer ascii string, which	may be null terminated
		  or whitespace	terminated.  The digits	may have
		  leading whitespace.

     RESULT
	  intval -- the	binary value of	the string, else the offending
		  character if an error.  You can tell if this
		  function returned an error from assembly langauage
		  by checking the Z flag, it will be SET if there is
		  an error. The	C binding routine will place the error
		  value	ERRBADINT in the global	long Errno if there is
		  an error.  Errno is not cleared on a succesful
		  return.

     BUGS
	  None known

     SEE ALSO
	  LMult()

     AUTHOR
	  SDB




















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