strtod()

Function

Converts a string to a real value.

Syntax

real strtod(string s);

Returns

The strtod function returns the numerical representation of the given string as a real value. Conversion ends at the first character that does not fit into the format of a real constant. If an error occurs during conversion of the string 0.0 will be returned.

Example

string s = "3.1415";
real r = strtod(s);
printf("The value is %f\n", r);