SHIP:Sail:atof

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
atof	Float	5.0.120	Parses a String to get an Float from it

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail Numeric Functions
• Sail String Functions

• atoi, ftoi, itof

Prototype

Float atof(String string);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
string	String	The string to parse
Return	Float	the floating point parsed value of the String

Detailed Description

The atof(string) function returns the Float parsed value of a String which should contain the string version of an Float or Integer.

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
atof("-5");	-5.0
atof("+5");	+5.0
atof("5.76");	+5.76
atof("57.89E+3");	+5.789E+4
atof("0.005789E3");	+5.789
atof("57.8X9E+3");	57.8	Parsing stops at the X