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From: flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: alpha numbers
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Date: 27 Jun 91 18:50:08 GMT
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>In general, this would require an explicit syntax check before
>calling atof on a string.

You could use strtod() instead when converting numbers.  Low overhead
checking for properly formed numbers.
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Felix Lee	flee@cs.psu.edu