chrCtod

Read a double value from a string

Description:

Read a double value from the given character string.

Invocation

void chrCtod( const char string, double dvalue, int status )

Parameters :

string
Pointer to a null terminated string holding the string from which a double value is to be read.
dvalue
Returned holding the resulting double value.
status
The status value: if this value is not SAI__OK on input, the function returns without action; if the function does not complete successfully, "status" is returned set to SAI__ERROR.