/* Fig. 8.9: fig08_09.c
   Using strtod */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{ 
   /* initialize string pointer */
   const char *string = "51.2% are admitted"; /* initialize string */

   double d;        /* variable to hold converted sequence */
   char *stringPtr; /* create char pointer */
   
   d = strtod( string, &stringPtr );
   
   printf( "The string \"%s\" is converted to the\n", string );
   printf( "double value %.2f and the string \"%s\"\n", d, stringPtr );

   return 0; /* indicates successful termination */

} /* end main */


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