[DGD] Re: atoi

[Erwin Harte]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 05:22:40PM +0000, Colin Ross wrote:
> I am probably missing something obvious here, but how does such a
> function get the name "atoi"?  "stoi" I could understand, converting
> a "S"tring "TO" an "I"nteger.  My first thought was array to integer
> :) I am obviously on a lower plane to the rest of the coding world.
> Can anyone spare any wings? 

I've always assumed that the function got its name from 'ASCII to
integer', but I could be wrong. :)

Erwin.
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