String to Integer (atoi)

Implement atoi to convert a string to an integer.

Hint: Carefully consider all possible input cases. If you want a challenge, please do not see below and ask yourself what are the possible input cases.

Notes: It is intended for this problem to be specified vaguely (ie, no given input specs). You are responsible to gather all the input requirements up front.

class Solution {
public:
    int atoi(const char *str) {
        // Start typing your C/C++ solution below
        // DO NOT write int main() function
        int flag = 1;
        int value = 0;
        int number = 0;
        bool start = false;
        const char* p = str;
        while (*p) {
            if (*p == '-') {
                flag = -1;
                ++p;
                if (*p < '0' || *p > '9') {
                    return 0;
                }
                continue;
            } else if (*p == '+') {
                flag = 1;
                ++p;
                if (*p < '0' || *p > '9') {
                    return 0;
                }
                continue;
            } else if (*p >= '0' && *p <= '9'){
                start = true;
                number = *p - '0';
                if (value > 214748364) {
                    if (flag == 1) {
                       return 2147483647;
                    } else {
                       return -2147483648;
                    }
                }
                value = value * 10 + number;
            } else if (*p == ' '){
                if (start) {
                    break;
                } else {
                    ++p;
                    continue;
                }
            } else {
                break;
            }
            ++p;
        }
        int result = value * flag;
        if (result * flag >= 0) {
            return result;
        } else {
            if (flag == 1) {
                return 2147483647;
            } else {
                return -2147483648;
            }
        }
    }
};