/* Fig. 8.11: fig08_11.c
   Using strtoul */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{  
   const char *string = "1234567abc"; /* initialize string pointer */
   unsigned long x;    /* variable to hold converted sequence */
   char *remainderPtr; /* create char pointer */

   x = strtoul( string, &remainderPtr, 0 );

   printf( "%s\"%s\"\n%s%lu\n%s\"%s\"\n%s%lu\n",
           "The original string is ", string,
           "The converted value is ", x,
           "The remainder of the original string is ", 
           remainderPtr, 
           "The converted value minus 567 is ", x - 567 );

   return 0; /* indicates successful termination */

} /* end main */


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