Tcl_DoubleObj(3)

NAME
Tcl_NewDoubleObj, Tcl_SetDoubleObj, Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj - manipulate Tcl objects as floating-point values

SYNOPSIS
#include <tcl.h>

Tcl_Obj *
Tcl_NewDoubleObj(doubleValue)

Tcl_SetDoubleObj(objPtr, doubleValue)

int
Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(interp, objPtr, doublePtr)

ARGUMENTS
A double-precision floating point value used to initialize or set a double object. For Tcl_SetDoubleObj, this points to the object to be converted to double type. For Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj, this refers to the object from which to get a double value; if objPtr does not already point to a double object, an attempt will be made to convert it to one. If an error occurs during conversion, an error message is left in the interpreter's result object unless interp is NULL. Points to place to store the double value obtained from objPtr.

DESCRIPTION

These procedures are used to create, modify, and read double Tcl objects from C code. Tcl_NewDoubleObj and Tcl_SetDoubleObj will create a new object of double type or modify an existing object to have double type. Both of these procedures set the object to have the double-precision floating point value given by doubleValue; Tcl_NewDoubleObj returns a pointer to a newly created object with reference count zero. Both procedures set the object's type to be double and assign the double value to the object's internal representation doubleValue member. Tcl_SetDoubleObj invalidates any old string representation and, if the object is not already a double object, frees any old internal representation.

Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj attempts to return a double value from the Tcl object objPtr. If the object is not already a double object, it will attempt to convert it to one. If an error occurs during conversion, it returns TCL_ERROR and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result object unless interp is NULL. Otherwise, it returns TCL_OK and stores the double value in the address given by doublePtr. If the object is not already a double object, the conversion will free any old internal representation.

SEE ALSO
Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_GetObjResult

KEYWORDS
double, double object, double type, internal representation, object, object type, string representation