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From: "Norberto Alfredo Bensa" <ceo AT nbensacomputers DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Atof
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:05:47 -0300
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> Hi,
> i have this problem with atof();
>
> char *buf = "-21.345\0";

while not a bug, you can write "-21.345"...

> float f = 0;
>
> f = atof ( buf );
> printf("%f",f);
>
> , then i have this "-21.344999".
> What i must to do for it will be OK.

It's ok... it has to do with the way floating point numbers are store on the
computer's memory... use "%.3f" in thise case and it'll print -21.345

Best reagards,
Norberto


>
> Thank you
>