The NewFloatMgr.h
FplAToF
Purpose Convert a zero-terminated ASCII string to a floating-point number.
The string must be in the format : [-]x[.]yyyyyyyy[e[-]zz]
Prototype FloatType FplAToF (char* s)
Parameters s Pointer to the ASCII string.
Result Returns the floating-point number.
Comment The mantissa of the number is limited to 32 bits.
See Also FplFToA
At least for pre 3.5 devices this will allow conversion
of a string to a float to do you're math on...
Or manually parse the string
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