Thread: int problem

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    int problem

    OK I have the following:

    char msg[1024];
    int test = int(msg);
    test++;

    OK the msg variable gets the value 200. Why is test after this little code not 201, but 00? And what I have to change to get my 201 in test?

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    While syntactically correct, this is not doing what you think it's doing. Use the atoi function to convert a string to int.

    int i = atoi( "17" );

    or in you case

    int test = atoi( msg );
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    Quote Originally Posted by nvoigt
    While syntactically correct, this is not doing what you think it's doing. Use the atoi function to convert a string to int.

    int i = atoi( "17" );

    or in you case

    int test = atoi( msg );
    hmm but than my programms crahes. msg is only a pointer to the real char variable. what can I do?

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    How are you setting msg to 200?
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    why don't you change the msg to string or char*. It will be much easier.
    Hello, testing testing. Everthing is running perfectly...for now

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