strtof: converts the string into a float and returns the result
//Header file: #include <stdlib.h>
//Declaration: long double strtof(const char * restrict start, char restrict ** restrict end);
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char *end, *start = "100.00 AAA 200.00 BBBB";
end = start;
while(*start) {
printf("%f, ", strtof (start, &end));
printf("Remainder: %s\n" ,end);
start = end;
/* move past the non-digits */
while(!isdigit(*start) && *start) start++;
}
return 0;
}
/*
100.000000, Remainder: AAA 200.00 BBBB
200.000000, Remainder: BBBB
*/
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