Added recommendation to use sprintf() as per suggestion of Fabian Kreutz

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Michael Kerrisk 2004-11-12 16:48:44 +00:00
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@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ terminated ASCII string and stores the result in \fIbuf\fP. It produces
\fIndigit\fP significant digits in either
.BR printf (3)
F format or E format.
.SH NOTES
This function is obsolete. Instead,
.IR sprintf ()
is recommended.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The \fBgcvt()\fP function returns the address of the string pointed to
by \fIbuf\fP.