| From: | David McMinn |
| Date: | 31 Aug 99 at 09:17:13 |
| Subject: | Re: string -> float,... HUH? |
Hi Rob, working late?
On 31 Aug 99, at 5:36, Rob Hutchinson wrote:
> Seen as both James and Daves routines gave different answers,
> I asume they were both wrong???? ;)
Well, James' one would have been right. I think I missed out some -1's and +1's
when skipping the "e" character.
> Provided that of course 1e23 is a hex number ;)
> But that seems so simple, so I`m probably pissing up the wrong tree ;)
Yep, in fact you're p*ssing up a giant redwood! 1e23 is used in calculators and
stuff to represent 1x10^23.
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