C/stdlib.h/strtof
strtof: converts the string into a float and returns the result
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//Header file: #include <stdlib.h>
//Declaration: long double strtof(const char * restrict start, char restrict ** restrict end);
#include <stdlib.h> #include <ctype.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { char *end, *start = "100.00 AAA 200.00 BBBB"; end = start; while(*start) { printf("%f, ", strtof (start, &end)); printf("Remainder: %s\n" ,end); start = end; /* move past the non-digits */ while(!isdigit(*start) && *start) start++; } return 0; }
/* 100.000000, Remainder: AAA 200.00 BBBB 200.000000, Remainder: BBBB
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