/*
 * $Id: ftoc.txt 15102 2010-07-14 12:48:39Z vszakats $
 */

/*  $DOC$
 *  $FUNCNAME$
 *      FTOC()
 *  $CATEGORY$
 *      CT3 number and bit manipulation functions
 *  $ONELINER$
 * 
 *  $SYNTAX$
 *      FTOC( <nFloatingPointNumber> ) --> cFloatingPointNumber
 * 
 *  $ARGUMENTS$
 *      <nFloatingPointNumber> Designate any Harbour number.
 * 
 *  $RETURNS$
 *      FTOC() return a string with the size of DOUBLE.
 *      ATTENTION: different implementations or platforms of Harbour, they
 *      could produce different format in the string returned by FTOC().
 * 
 *  $DESCRIPTION$
 *      Harbour internal numbers in Floating Point are stored in data type
 *      DOUBLE. FTOC() returns these bits as an string. In this way,
 *      numbers con be saved more compactly.
 * 
 *      TODO: add documentation
 *  $EXAMPLES$
 * 
 *  $TESTS$
 * 
 *  $STATUS$
 *      Started
 *  $COMPLIANCE$
 * 
 *  $PLATFORMS$
 *      All
 *  $FILES$
 *      Source is ftoc.c, library is libct.
 *  $SEEALSO$
 *      CTOF(), XTOC()
 *  $END$
 */

/*  $DOC$
 *  $FUNCNAME$
 *      CTOF()
 *  $CATEGORY$
 *      CT3 number and bit manipulation functions
 *  $ONELINER$
 * 
 *  $SYNTAX$
 *      CTOF( <cFloatingPointNumber> ) --> nFloatingPointNumber
 * 
 *  $ARGUMENTS$
 *      <cFloatingPointNumber> Designate a string that contains a Harbour
 *      number in flotaing point format.
 *      ATTENTION: different implementations or platforms of Harbour, they
 *      could produce different format in the string returned by FTOC().
 * 
 *  $RETURNS$
 *      CTOF() return the floating point number that corresponds to the
 *      string passed.
 * 
 *  $DESCRIPTION$
 *      Character strings created with FTOC() or XTOC() are convert into
 *      Harbour floating point number
 * 
 *      TODO: add documentation
 *  $EXAMPLES$
 * 
 *  $TESTS$
 * 
 *  $STATUS$
 *      Started
 *  $COMPLIANCE$
 * 
 *  $PLATFORMS$
 *      All
 *  $FILES$
 *      Source is ftoc.c, library is libct.
 *  $SEEALSO$
 *      FTOC(), XTOC()
 *  $END$
 */
