Re: atoi return

Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Keith Thompson" <kst-u@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

.... snip ...

Even worse, if atoi() is given a string that represents a number
that's too big to hold in an int, it invokes undefined behavior.
For example, there's no telling what atoi("99999999999999999999")
will do; it could crash your program or worse.

I see. Must be a left over dinosaur like gets().

No. gets() is just unsafe regardless. atoi() can be used safely,
but why bother when you have strtol available.

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