Re: converting a hex string to an int with atoi ?

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From: Thomas Maeder [TeamB]
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:45

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"Peter" <Will_Bounce_So_Use_My_First_Name@Smart-Projects.net> writes:

> using :
>
> int atoi(const char *s);
> int _wtoi(const wchar_t *s);
>
> Can this function "understand" hex input and convert it properly ?

No. It can also not report conversion failure, which makes it totally
unusable.

Have a look at strtol() and strtoul(), which allow the base to be
passed as argument and who do report conversion failure.

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