atoi

The atoi function is a numeric function that converts strings into integers. The numeric functions enable you to convert one data type to another.

Syntax

Use this syntax:



int = atoi(string);
where:   int     = integer variable
          string  =  string variable

Example

An example of this function follows:


integer a;
string[20] s;
s = "5";
a = atoi(s);
// "a" contains the value 5