<html> <head> <title>atoi</title> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <h2 align=center>atoi</h2> <h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4> <h3>Name</h3> atoi - convert ascii to integer <h3>Library</h3> Standard C Library (libc, -lc) <h3>Synopsis</h3> #include <stdlib.h><br> <br> int<br> atoi(const char *<em>string</em>); <h3>Description</h3> <em>string</em>, 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. <h3>Return Values</h3> atoi returns the number converted. If no digits at all were found, it returns 0. </body> </html>