C Tutorial/Data Type/int Conversion
The atoi() function: read numeric values from the keyboard
The atoi() function converts a string into an integer value.
<source lang="cpp">#include <stdio.h>
- include <stdlib.h>
int main() {
int age; char years[8]; printf("Age:"); gets(years); age=atoi(years); printf("Age was %d years old.\n",age); return(0);
}</source>
Age:1 Age was 1 years old.