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Top Forums Programming atoi Post 101539 by Rakesh Ranjan on Thursday 9th of March 2006 11:50:50 AM
Old 03-09-2006
bankpro, the function atoi just recognises
1) An optional string of tabs or spaces
2) An optional sign &
3) A string of digits

And upon recognising it converts it to int otherwise on failure it returns 0.
So if u try to convert a string like "name" u'll b getting 0 as it doesn't recognise it. If u try something like "22" or "-22" or even " -22" it would return int (here 22 or -22 as the case be).
I hope this clears ur doubt
 

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strtol(3C)																strtol(3C)

NAME
strtol(), atol(), atoll(), atoi(), strtoul(), strtoll(), strtoull() - convert string to integer SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
or converts the character string pointed to by str to or representation, respectively. or converts the character string pointed to by str to or representation, respectively. The string is scanned up to the first character inconsistent with the base. Leading "white-space" characters (as defined by in ctype(3C)) are ignored. If no conversion can take place, zero is returned. If base is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 36, it is used as the base for conversion. After an optional leading sign, leading zeros are ignored, and or is ignored if base is 16. If base is zero, the string itself determines the base as follows: after an optional leading sign, a leading zero indicates octal conver- sion; a leading or indicates hexadecimal conversion. Otherwise, decimal conversion is used. If the value of ptr is not a pointer to the character terminating the scan is returned in the location pointed to by ptr. If no integer can be formed, the location pointed to by ptr is set to str, and zero is returned. is equivalent to is equivalent to is equivalent to RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, all functions return the converted value, if any. If the correct value would cause overflow: returns or (according to the sign of the value), and sets to returns and sets to returns or (according to the sign of the value), and sets to returns and sets to returns or (according to the sign of the value), and sets to For all other errors, zero is returned and is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
and fail and is set, if any of the following conditions are encountered: The value of base is not supported. The value to be returned would have caused overflow. AUTHOR
These interfaces were developed by OSF and HP. SEE ALSO
ctype(3C), strtod(3C), strtoimax(3C), scanf(3S), thread_safety(5), glossary(9). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
strtol(3C)
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