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# std::stoul, std::stoull

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< cpp‎ | string‎ | basic string

Defined in header `<string>` |  |
unsigned long stoul( const std::string& str, size_t *pos = 0, int base = 10 ); | (1) | (since C++11)
unsigned long long stoull( const std::string& str, size_t *pos = 0, int base = 10 ); | (2) | (since C++11)

Interprets an unsigned integer value in the string `str`.

1) calls std::strtoul(str.c_str(), pos, base)
2) calls std::strtoull(str.c_str(), pos, base)

Function discards any whitespace characters (as identified by calling `isspace()`) until first non-whitespace character is found. Then it takes as many characters as possible to form a valid base-n (where n=base) unsigned integer number representation and converts them to an integer value. The valid unsigned integer value consists of the following parts:

- (optional) prefix (`0`) indicating octal base (applies only when the base is 8 or ​0​)
- (optional) prefix (`0x` or `0X`) indicating hexadecimal base (applies only when the base is 16 or ​0​)
- a sequence of digits

The set of valid digits for base-2 integer is `01`, for base-3 integer is `012`, and so on. For bases larger than `10`, valid digits include alphabetic characters, starting from `Aa` for base-11 integer, to `Zz` for base-36 integer. The case of the characters is ignored. In non-default locales, additional numeric formats may be accepted.

If the value of base is ​0​, the numeric base is auto-detected: if the prefix is `0`, the base is octal, if the prefix is `0x` or `0X`, the base is hexadecimal, otherwise the base is decimal.

The index of the first unconverted character is stored in `pos`. If NULL is passed as `pos`, it is ignored.

### [edit] Parameters

str | - | the string to convert
pos | - | address of an integer to store the index of the first unconverted character
base | - | the number base

### [edit] Return value

The string converted to the specified unsigned integer type.

### [edit] Exceptions

- std::invalid_argument if no conversion could be performed
- std::out_of_range if the converted value would fall out of the range of the result type.

### [edit] See also

stoi stol stoll (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | converts a string to a signed integer (function) [edit]
stof stod stold (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | converts a string to a floating point value (function) [edit]

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