Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!maytag!aries5!lhf
From: lhf@aries5 (Luiz H. deFigueiredo)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: want to know
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Date: 3 Aug 89 18:19:58 GMT
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In article <8487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> you write:
>Hi everybody,
>
>   I would like to know how to convert a character into its numerical form
>(or ascii number). I used atoi function, but it takes only numerical 
>characters(If I am not wrong).
>
>for example :    'a' ----> should return its numerical equivalent.
>
>I would appreciate if anybody help me.
>
>Swamy



	Come now, 'a' is just SHORTHAND for 65 (if you're using ascii).

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