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Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
November 28, 2000 01:27
Subject:
looks_like_number (was Re: SvOOK_on)
Message ID:
200011280926.JAA20225@mikado.tiuk.ti.com
Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> writes:
>
>I can't think any situation where (int)atof() would give you an answer
>better than atol() for a number matching /[-+]?[0-9]+/

It does if number does not fit in an integer. 

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Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
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