From: assemblywizard@gmail.com   
      
   Yes, we know readln works--it is ONE CHARACTER at a time we want...   
      
   John   
      
   "Charles Appel"  wrote in message   
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   > program Untitled;   
   > uses crt;   
   >   
   > var   
   >  i: integer;   
   >  s: string[255];   
   >  r: extended;   
   >   
   > begin   
   >  readln(s);   
   >  val(s, r, i);   
   >  writeln('r = ', r:8:8);   
   >  readln;   
   > end.   
   >   
   > Input: 123.45   
   > Output: r = 123.45000000   
   >   
   > Tested in Delphi 5 and Free Pascal.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Charles Appel   
   > "A generation which ignores history has no past - and no future."   
   >      Robert Anson Heinlein   
   >   
   >   
      
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