Hi Neil.

21-Dec-02 19:12:00, Neil Heller wrote to All


 NH> I was working on a program recently which involved the following:

 NH> target is a pointer to a structure containing a group of 10
 NH> cstrings. That group is called info.

 NH> 2 of the 10 cstrings contain the representation of a number.

we need details.
is the number always in base-10 representation (or is octal or hex OK)?
how about E-notation?

Is it safe to assume that a "double" can hold the number ?

 NH> I must divide these numbers by 10.
 NH> I then must place that value back into the cstring (where I
originally got it).

assuming the number is always in plain base-10 (no hex or octal, or
E-notation) and that any fraction-part can be dropped.
all you really need to do is chop off (or blank out) the last digit. :)

(if decimal fractions are to be retained your code is broken.)

 -=> Bye <=-

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