atoi

OS/161 Reference Manual

Name

atoi - convert ascii to integer

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Synopsis

#include <stdlib.h>

int
atoi(const char *string);

Description

string, which should be a textual representation of an integer, is converted to the machine representation of that integer. Leading whitespace, if any, is skipped. Conversion stops when a non-numeric character is found.

Return Values

atoi returns the number converted. If no digits at all were found, it returns 0.