From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: atof(...) Problem
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:16:36 -0400
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Jan wrote:

> If I use the "atof" function I get always "1.0000000":
> If I give the number direct ( atof("123.456") ) or a pointer to
> a string, I get always "1.0.....".

    This program compiles and runs just as I expect on my machine.  Try this
on your machine, maybe you didn't include stdlib.h or something (even then it
shouldn't get 1, it got some huge number for me).

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

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

  strcpy(Test,  "123.456");
  d = atof(Test);
  printf("'%f'\n", d);       // result is  "1.000000"
}

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