ATOVAL C-3
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NAME
atoval - convert ASCII string to value
SYNOPSIS
#include
atoval (buf, str, type, size)
char *buf;
char *str;
int type;
int size;
DESCRIPTION
This function converts a string pointed to by str to its binary
form. The binary value is stored in buf. The type parameter names
the data type of the character string and is one of the data
types named in the include file. The size parameter gives the
size in bytes of the binary field that will contain the value.
The sizeof() function should be used to determine this value.
EXAMPLES
DATE datefld;
short count;
MONEY amount;
long links;
atoval (&datefld, "02/15/84", DATE_TYPE, sizeof(datefld));
atoval (&count, "23", INT_TYPE, sizeof(count));
atoval (&links, "234945", INT_TYPE, sizeof(links));
atoval (&amount, "68,567.95", MONEY_TYPE, sizeof(amount));
SEE ALSO
atobool(C-3), atodate(C-3), atolong(C-3)
atomoney(C-3), atoreal(C-3), atotime(C-3)
C/Base Reference Manual Chapter 13, "Formatting Data Values"