CompuServe Messages

Thnx, Brian – I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been misled by documentation! BTW, just got creamed by the C run-time routine "atof()", which takes a string and returns a double… if the string is in double-precision notation (1.234D-12, as opposed to 1.234E-12), then the exponent is _ignored_!! The Microsoft C version accepts "E", "e", "D", and "d", but "standard" C only supports "E" and "e", so it stops parsing when it hits the "D" or "d". Needless to say, the code I ported from the 'Bow to my VAX and SUN did not give correct results, but it's been that way for the last TWO YEARS and I just noticed it this week! Share & Enjoy! Dennette