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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: want to know
Message-ID: <10660@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 3 Aug 89 21:18:06 GMT
References: <8487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8487@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mysore@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Swamy Bale) writes:
-   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.

The charater is already represented as its (ASCII) numerical code value.
Therefore there is no conversion necessary.