Re: reading a float?

• To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
• Subject: Re: reading a float?
• From: "Scott McKay" <swm@mediaone.net>
• Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:45:02 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Road Runner
• References: <brucehoult-1904001153420001@bruce.bgh>
• Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:11856

Amazingly, there doesn't appear to be such a function!
There's string-to-integer, integer-to-string, float-to-string, but no
string-to-float.  I guess it's time for someone to write one!

Bruce Hoult wrote in message ...
>Dumb question:
>
>  How do I read a (series of) floating point numbers from a text file?
>
>I can read lines from the file into strings.  What then?  There isn't a
>conversion "as(<double-float>, myString)".
>
>Hoping for a forehead-slap shotly :-)
>
>-- Bruce

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