C Programming - Library Functions - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Library Functions - Yes / No Questions (Q.No. 5)
5.
scanf() or atoi() function can be used to convert a string like "436" in to integer.
Yes
No
Answer: Option
Explanation:

scanf is a function that reads data with specified format from a given string stream source.
scanf("%d",&number);

atoi() convert string to integer.
var number;
number = atoi("string");

Discussion:
4 comments Page 1 of 1.

Maithili said:   9 years ago
How does scanf convert a string into an integer?

BOBBY said:   1 decade ago
scanf("%c",&number);//char value
scanf("%d",&number);//int value
becoz these value are stored in ASCII value...
as same is atoi()

Praveen said:   1 decade ago
Question is not interpreted correctly.

Ankur said:   1 decade ago
I am not able to understand how scanf is used here. Can anyone elaborate on this.?

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