strtod vs NAN?

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 22:14, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>   char **ptr;
> 
>   num=strtod(input,ptr);

Since ptr is uninitialized, strtod() is trying to store a pointer into
random memory.  You probably want to say this instead:

    char *ptr;

    num = strtod(input, &ptr);

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