#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
double atof(const char *string);
int debug=1;
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *str1="3.14159",*str2="3",*str3="0.707106",*str4="-5.2";
double f1,f2,f3,f4;
if (debug) printf("convert %s, %s, %s, %s\n",str1,str2,str3,str4);
f1=atof(str1);
f2=atof(str2);
f3=atof(str3);
f4=atof(str4);
if (debug) printf("converted values=%f, %f, %f, %f\n",f1,f2,f3,f4);
if (argc > 1)
{
printf("string %s is floating point %f\n",argv[1],atof(argv[1]));
}
}
double atof(const char *string)
{
double result=0.0;
double multiplier=1;
double divisor=1.0;
int integer_portion=0;
if (!string) return result;
integer_portion=atoi(string);
result = (double)integer_portion;
if (debug) printf("so far %s looks like %f\n",string,result);
/* capture whether string is negative, don't use "result" as it could be 0 */
if (*string == '-')
{
result *= -1; /* won't care if it was 0 in integer portion */
multiplier = -1;
}
while (*string && (*string != '.'))
{
string++;
}
if (debug) printf("fractional part=%s\n",string);
// if we haven't hit end of string, go past the decimal point
if (*string)
{
string++;
if (debug) printf("first char after decimal=%c\n",*string);
}
while (*string)
{
if (*string < '0' || *string > '9') return result;
divisor *= 10.0;
result += (double)(*string - '0')/divisor;
if (debug) printf("result so far=%f\n",result);
string++;
}
return result*multiplier;
}