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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'ATOF (III)'1/15/73'ATOF (III)'
        !             3: .ti 0
        !             4: NAME           atof -- ascii to floating
        !             5: .sp
        !             6: .ti 0
        !             7: SYNOPSIS       jsr     r5,atof; subr
        !             8: .sp
        !             9: .ti 0
        !            10: DESCRIPTION    atof____
        !            11: will convert an ascii stream to a floating
        !            12: number returned in fr0.
        !            13: 
        !            14: The subroutine subr____
        !            15: (supplied by the caller)
        !            16: is called on r5 for each character of the
        !            17: ascii stream.
        !            18: subr____ should return the character in r0.
        !            19: The first character not used in the conversion
        !            20: is left in r0.
        !            21: .sp
        !            22: The only numbers recognized are:  an optional minus
        !            23: sign followed by a string of digits optionally containing
        !            24: one decimal point, then followed optionally by the
        !            25: letter "e" followed by a signed integer.
        !            26: .sp
        !            27: The subroutine subr____ must not disturb any registers.
        !            28: .sp
        !            29: .ti 0
        !            30: FILES          kept in /lib/liba.a
        !            31: .sp
        !            32: .ti 0
        !            33: SEE ALSO       Calls atoi (III)
        !            34: .sp
        !            35: .ti 0
        !            36: DIAGNOSTICS    There are none; overflow results in a very large
        !            37: number and garbage characters terminate the scan.
        !            38: .sp
        !            39: .ti 0
        !            40: BUGS           The
        !            41: routine should accept initial "+", initial blanks, and "E" for "e".
        !            42: 
        !            43: Overflow should be signalled with the carry bit.

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