# Extra Clang Tools 18.1.8 documentation

## clang-tidy - cert-err34-c

# cert-err34-c

This check flags calls to string-to-number conversion functions that do not verify the validity of the conversion, such as `atoi()` or `scanf()`. It does not flag calls to `strtol()`, or other, related conversion functions that do perform better error checking.

    #include <stdlib.h>

    void func(const char *buff) {
      int si;

      if (buff) {
        si = atoi(buff); /* 'atoi' used to convert a string to an integer, but function will
                             not report conversion errors; consider using 'strtol' instead. */
      } else {
        /* Handle error */
      }
    }

This check corresponds to the CERT C Coding Standard rule ERR34-C. Detect errors when converting a string to a number.