Fast string to int conversion?

[Jonathan]

Hi,

What's the fastest way to convert from a string variable to a number
(integer)? Is there anything faster/better than read-from-string?

Thanks,
Jonathan

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan <n...@spam.com> writes:

Jonathan> Hi, What's the fastest way to convert from a string variable
Jonathan> to a number (integer)? Is there anything faster/better than
Jonathan> read-from-string?

Take a look at parse-integer.

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[Erann Gat]

parse-integer

E.

In article <MGm8ODoMLbjFsb=FpQdRI...@4ax.com>, Jonathan <n...@spam.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What's the fastest way to convert from a string variable to a number
> (integer)? Is there anything faster/better than read-from-string?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan

[R. Matthew Emerson]

Jonathan <n...@spam.com> writes:

> What's the fastest way to convert from a string variable to a number
> (integer)? Is there anything faster/better than read-from-string?

Look up PARSE-INTEGER in your favorite CL reference materials.

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