ESQL/C functions for string conversion
The
Informix® ESQL/C function
library provides the following functions that facilitate conversion
of values in character data types (such as mi_string or mi_char)
to and from some C-language data types.
- rstod()
- Converts a string to a double type
- rstoi()
- Converts a null-terminated string to a two-byte integer (int2)
- rstol()
- Converts a string to a four-byte integer (int4)
In addition, the Informix ESQL/C library provides
the following functions to convert text representation of values to
their binary representation.
| Type of string | More information |
|---|---|
| INT8 strings | Convert INT8 values |
| Decimal strings | ESQL/C functions for decimal conversion |
| Date strings | ESQL/C functions for date conversion |
| Date and time strings | ESQL/C functions for date, time, and interval conversion |