NAME

atob - ascii to binary conversion.

CONTENTS

Syntax
Description
Options
Bugs
Copyright

atob [options] [file]

Read ascii numbers (one per line) from the input stream until eof.Write each number on the stdout in the given data type.

1. type

The output data type, which may be one of the list: char, short, int,float, double, ascii.

Silent options for short, int and float are retained for compatibility withearlier versions. If used, these override the type option.

When converting binary doubles or floats to ascii, and then back tobinary, there will be some difference between the binary files becausethe ascii output is printed with limited precision.

options btoa ftos stof

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