From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: atof(...) Problem
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 21:00:25 -0400
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Jan wrote:
> 
> If I use the "atof" function I get always "1.0000000":
> {
>   double d;
>   char Test[80];
> 
>   strcpy(Test,  "123.456");
>   d = atof(Test);
>   printf("'%f'\n", d);       // result is  "1.000000"
> }
> If I give the number direct ( atof("123.456") ) or a pointer to
> a string, I get always "1.0.....".

I find that really hard to believe.  When we turn you snippet into a program:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
    double d;
    char Test[80];

    strcpy(Test, "123.456");
    d = atof(Test);
    printf("'%f'\n", d);
    d = atof("123.456");
    printf("'%f'\n", d);
    return 0;
}

The output is:

'123.456000'
'123.456000'
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Martin Ambuhl (mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net)
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