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    strings

    hello, i am reading a line from a file "1002.99F" for example then i am trying to create a new buffer that only has the 1002.99 and forgets about the F. im sure this isnt that difficult but i have tried and tried and cant seem to find a way. any advice would be great. thanks.

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    Find the length of the char array(strlen(var)) or string(var.length()), and only copy length-1 characters to your new variable. If your new variable is a char array, be sure to create one extra index position and set the last character equal to '\0'. There are some functions, like atof(), that will convert char arrays to numeric types, if that is your ultimate goal.
    Last edited by 7stud; 05-19-2003 at 01:17 AM.

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