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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:18:36 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: converting variables
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ryan_brown AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:
> 
> How can I convert values from a variable of one type to another variable of a
> different type?  I need to convert a float variable over to a char variable.
> In pascal there were functions for this in c I can't find anything.  I have
> heard of casting but I can't get it to work and there isn't any documentation
> about it anywhere. 

Casting *is* the way to accomplish such a task.  Please post some code
that doesn't work for you.

If you're learning C, you ought to have a book or similar reference, and
that will explain casting.

> Someone also told me that you can't cast between float
> and char.

I don't think this is true.  Admittedly, it's likely to overflow, but
that's a separate issue.
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Nate Eldredge
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