C Reference function strtoul()

This function of stdlib will convert a string to an unsigned long integer.

Usage of strtoul():

unsigned long int strtoul ( const char * str, char ** endptr, int base );

Parameters:

C string str interpreting its content as an unsigned integral number of the specified base, which is returned as an unsigned long int value.

Return value:

The function returns the converted floating point number as a unsigned long int value, if successful.
If no valid conversion could be performed then an zero value is returned.
If the value is out of range then ULONG_MAX is returned.

Source code example of strtoul():

	#include<stdio.h>
	#include<stdlib.h>

	int main ()
	{
		char buffer[256];
		unsigned long ul;

		printf ("Enter an unsigned number: ");
		fgets (buffer,256,stdin);

		ul = strtoul (buffer,NULL,0);
		printf ("Output: %lu\n",ul);
		return 0;
	}

Output of the strtoul example program above:

	Enter an unsigned number: 12
	Output: 12