string to integer

/* * auther cores * email cores@126.com * function turn string to a number * 2009/03/30 */ int _int(const char *str) //O(n) { int data = 0, sign = 1; if (str == null) return -1; for (;isspace(*str) || isalpha(*str);str++); sign = (*str == '-')?-1:1; if (!isdigit(*str)) str++; for (;isdigit(*str);str++) data = data * 10 + *str - '0'; return data * sign; }