.so macro
.he 'FTOA''FTOA'
.n  NAME
ftoa - floating point to ascii conversion
.sy SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <math.h>

char *
ftoa(fp,buf,prec)
float fp;
char *buf;
int prec;
.fi
.d  DESCRIPTION
\&'ftoa' converts a float into it's ascii representation.
Where fp is a floating point number, buf is the buffer in
which to return the string, and
prec is the precision of the decimal places.
If the specified precision is zero then no decimal point will be
printed.  If the precision is negative then the default precision
\&(6) will be used.
A pointer to the beginning of buf is returned.
.fl FILES
math.h - routine declaration
.sa SEE ALSO
etoa(subs), atoi(subs), atol(subs), itoa(subs)
.dg DIAGNOSTICS