From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: char to int
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 22:15:41 -0800
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rellwood wrote:
> 
> Is there a function I can use to convert a char to an int?  The closest
> thing I can find is atoi(), which actually converts a string.  Is there
> anything better?

I'm not sure what you mean.  If you want an individual character, then
why not just use (c - '0'), as in the following:

int getdigit( void )
{
    int c;
    printf( "Type a digit:  " );
    fflush( stdout );
    while ( ( c = getchar( ) ) < '0' || c > '9' )
        printf( "Please type a digit.\n" );
    return c - '0';
}

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