/* atof.c: converts an ASCII string to float Copyright (C) 2003 Jesus Calvino-Fraga, jesusc@ieee.org This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ #include #include float atof(const char * s) { float value, fraction; char iexp; char sign; //Skip leading blanks while (isspace(*s)) s++; //Get the sign if (*s == '-') { sign=1; s++; } else { sign=0; if (*s == '+') s++; } //Get the integer part for (value=0.0f; isdigit(*s); s++) { value=10.0f*value+(*s-'0'); } //Get the fraction if (*s == '.') { s++; for (fraction=0.1f; isdigit(*s); s++) { value+=(*s-'0')*fraction; fraction*=0.1f; } } //Finally, the exponent (not very efficient, but enough for now) if (toupper(*s)=='E') { s++; iexp=(char)atoi(s); { while(iexp!=0) { if(iexp<0) { value*=0.1f; iexp++; } else { value*=10.0f; iexp--; } } } } if(sign) value*=-1.0f; return (value); }