Name

strict_strtol — convert a string to a long strictly

Synopsis

int strict_strtol (const char *  cp,
 unsigned int  base,
 long *  res);

Arguments

cp

The string to be converted

base

The number base to use

res

The converted result value

Description

strict_strtol is similiar to strict_strtoul, but it allows the first character of a string is '-'.

It returns 0 if conversion is successful and *res is set to the converted value, otherwise it returns -EINVAL and *res is set to 0.