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  58. <h3 class="subsection">D.11.3 <code>math</code> library conversion functions</h3>
  59. <p>The conversion function <code>strtod</code> takes a string representing a
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  61. floating point number in C format to its representation. This function
  62. is the primary means of creating or initializing floating point
  63. numbers in virtual code. A value of floating point 0.0 is returned if
  64. the string is not valid, but no exception is raised.
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  66. <p>The conversion <code>asprintf</code> is similar to the one by that name in
  67. <a name="index-asprintf"></a>
  68. C, but requires a pair <code>(<var>f</var>,<var>x</var>)</code> as an argument. The
  69. left side <var>f</var> is a character string containing a C style format
  70. conversion for exactly one double precision floating point number,
  71. such as <code>'%0.4e'</code>, and the parameter <var>x</var> is a floating point
  72. number. The result returned will be a character string expressing the
  73. number in the specified format.
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