/*
Author  : Michael Robinson
Program : StringToFloat.c
Purpose : Converting strings to integers example
Updated : 06-28-2014
*/



#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h> 

void String2Int( char *data ) 
{
    float number = atof( data );     
    printf( "String %s converted to float = %f\n", data, number );
    
    //now float will be converted to int
    printf( "Float %s converted to integer = %d\n", data, (int)number );
    
    //or
    int numberInt = (int)number;
    printf( "this is an integer = %d\n", numberInt );
}


int main()
{
    String2Int( "12345" );
    exit(0); //needs  #include <stdlib.h> 
}