.TH "simple_strtol" 9 "simple_strtol" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME simple_strtol \- convert a string to a signed long .SH SYNOPSIS .B "long" simple_strtol .BI "(const char *" cp "," .BI "char **" endp "," .BI "unsigned int " base ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "cp" 12 The start of the string .IP "endp" 12 A pointer to the end of the parsed string will be placed here .IP "base" 12 The number base to use