On Saturday 27 March 2004 16:29, Eric De la Cruz Lugo wrote: > Hi, I am trying to compile the BhPos software (Point of Sale for Linux. > > But I need the strtof function , but FreeBSD 4,9 does not have this > function, it is possible to install it taking the source code from the 5.X > FreeBSD branch? >
C standard C89 had strtod but not strtof. Strtof appears in the C99 standard. The strtod returns a double type while strtof returns a float. For most practical purposes you can substitute (float)strtod(...) for strtof(...). There might be a difference in what happens on errors, particularly if the converted result won't fit in a float variable, but this is not a likely problem if the author has chosen to use float rather than double. In most cases the cast (float) can be omitted. I suggest you edit the application source to use strtod. Malcolm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
