Date: 2008feb4 Language: C/C++ Keywords: fast, speed, integer Q. Is there something faster than atoi() for converting ASCII to integers? A. Yes, these functions do the trick.

// To convert a 1 digit ASCII number into an integer inline int AsciiToInt(const char c) { return c - '0'; // Yes, its that easy } // To convert a 2 digit ASCII number into an integer inline int AsciiToIntTwoDigits(const char s[2]) { return AsciiToInt(*s) * 10 + AsciiToInt(s[1]); } // To convert any length ASCII number into an integer inline int AsciiToInt(const char *p) { int result = 0; int sign = 1; // support negative if (*p == '-') { sign = -1; p++; } for (; *p; p++) { result = result * 10 + AsciiToInt(*p); } return sign * result; }