From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: argv[], char, and int
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 13:15:14 -0700
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Ryan Crumley wrote:

> I am realitivly new to C/C++ and have a few questions. I am hoping
> someone
> can give me some guidance. This is a simplified version of what I am
> trying
> to do but hopefully it will get the point across. What I would like to do
> is take argv[1], and argv[2] and preform math operations on them. This
> brings up a problem because I am using "char *argv" How would I go about
> changing these to an int? If anyone would be willing to help me could you
> email me at the address below.

You need the routines to change strings into numbers.  Look into the
stdlib.h routines atof, atoi, or atol.  For more power, you can use strtol
or strtoul.

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