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From: eager@ringworld.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael J. Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Convert char to float
Keywords: float, char
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Date: 21 Dec 90 03:23:37 GMT
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In article <5051@gara.une.oz.au> swijaya@gara.une.oz.au (Sastra Wijaya STMA) writes:
>I need to know how to convert a char variable into a float. 


RTFM:
STRTOD(3)              C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS              STRTOD(3)

NAME
     strtod, atof - convert string to double-precision number

     ...