I’m wondering what sort of algorithm could be used to take something like “4.72” into a float data type, equal to
float x = 4.72;
I’m wondering what sort of algorithm could be used to take something like 4.72
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I’m wondering what sort of algorithm could be used to take something like “4.72” into a float data type, equal to
float x = 4.72;
scanf,operator>>for istreams, andstrtofwould be the obvious choices.There is also
atof, but, likeatoi, it lacks a way to tell you there was an error in the input, so it’s generally best to avoid both.