Convert char to float

[Michael J. Eager]

In article <5051 at gara.une.oz.au> swijaya at 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

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