strtod

Converts a string to a floating point value.

It calls the standard strtod() function to handle the conversion, but if the string is not completely converted it attempts the conversion again with funcGLib.ascii_strtod, and returns the best match.

This function should seldom be used. The normal situation when reading numbers not for human consumption is to use funcGLib.ascii_strtod. Only when you know that you must expect both locale formatted and C formatted numbers should you use this. Make sure that you don't pass strings such as comma separated lists of values, since the commas may be interpreted as a decimal point in some locales, causing unexpected results.