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From: pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: HELP !
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Date: 13 Nov 90 14:33:57 GMT
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In article <4650@gara.une.oz.au>, jjuanyse@gara.une.oz.au (Mr. XXX) writes...

>If someone knows how to convert a string into an integer
>please help me .

    Loop through the string left to right, each character represented by n, and 
apply the equation: 
    			int := (int * 10) + n

    e.g. 128 => integer
    		int := (0 * 10)  + 1 := 1
    		int := (1 * 10)  + 2 := 12
    		int := (12 * 10) + 8 := 128

    						- Z -

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