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diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi index e60216ed11..59ddbd626f 100644 --- a/manual/arith.texi +++ b/manual/arith.texi @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fractional parts. These functions are declared in the header file * Predicates on Floats:: Testing for infinity and for NaNs. * Absolute Value:: Absolute value functions. * Normalization Functions:: Hacks for radix-2 representations. -* Rounding and Remainders:: Determinining the integer and +* Rounding and Remainders:: Determining the integer and fractional parts of a float. * Integer Division:: Functions for performing integer division. @@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ to @code{ERANGE} to indicate there was overflow. Because the value @code{0l} is a correct result for @code{strtol} the user who is interested in handling errors should set the global variable -@code{errno} to @code{0} before calling this function. So it can be -tested whether an error occured or not. +@code{errno} to @code{0} before calling this function, so that the program +can later test whether an error occurred. There is an example at the end of this section. @end deftypefun @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ call since all failures set @code{errno} to a non-zero value. @deftypefun float strtof (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr}) This function is similar to the @code{strtod} function but it returns a @code{float} value instead of a @code{double} value. If the precision -of a @code{float} value is sufficent this function should be used since +of a @code{float} value is sufficient this function should be used since it is much faster than @code{strtod} on some architectures. The reasons are obvious: @w{IEEE 754} defines @code{float} to have a mantissa of 23 bits while @code{double} has 53 bits and every additional bit of @@ -718,9 +718,9 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @deftypefun {long double} strtold (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr}) This function is similar to the @code{strtod} function but it returns a @code{long double} value instead of a @code{double} value. It should be -used when high presision is used. On systems which define a @code{long +used when high precision is needed. On systems which define a @code{long double} type (i.e., on which it is not the same as @code{double}) -running this function might take significently more time since more bits +running this function might take significantly more time since more bits of precision are required. If the string has valid syntax for a floating-point number but the value |