NAME

ctoi - convert string at in(i) to integer, increment i


SYNOPSIS


n = ctoi(in, i)

character in(ARB)
integer i               # i is incremented
integer n is returned as the converted integer



DESCRIPTION

Converts a character string to an integer.
Starts looking at position
i
of
in.
Plus and minus signs are not allowed.
Leading blanks and tabs are ignored; any subsequent digits are
converted to the correct numeric value.
The first non-digit seen terminates the scan; upon return,
i
points to this position.
n
is returned as the value of the integer.

The
in
array is an ascii character array terminated with an EOS marker
(or a non-numeric character).

Zero is returned if no digits are found.


SEE ALSO

itoc


DIAGNOSTICS

There are no checks for machine overflow.