Using strtol : convert from string « Data Types « C++ Tutorial

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#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

#include <cstdlib>
using std::strtol;

int main()
{
   long x;
   const char *string1 = "-1234567abc";
   char *remainderPtr;

   x = strtol( string1, &remainderPtr, 0 );

   cout << x << " " << remainderPtr << " " << x + 567 << endl;
   return 0;
}

-1234567 abc -1234000