SHIP:Sail:atod

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
atod	Double	5.1.0	Parses a String to get a Double from it

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail Numeric Functions
• atof, ftoi, itof

Prototype

Double atod(String string);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
string	String	The string to parse
Return	Double	the double parsed value of the string

Detailed Description

The atod(string) function returns the Double parsed value of a String which should contain the string version of an Double.

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
atod("-5");	-5
atod("+5");	+5
atod("5.76");	+5	Parsing stops at the first non-number, in this case the '.'
atod("57X");	+57	Parsing stops at the X
atod("P57X");	0	An error, parsing stops at the P*

• try/catch is targeted for introduction in SHIP v5.1 to detect this condition.