Int.of_string failure

[Dominick LoBraico]

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On Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:45:41 PM UTC-6, Francois Berenger wrote:
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> On Friday, November 16, 2012 11:33:26 AM UTC+9, Francois Berenger wrote:
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>> (also true for Caml.int_of_string):
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>> The following work:
>> # Float.of_string "    3.12";;
>> - : Core.Std.Float.t = 3.12
>> # Float.of_string "3.12";;
>> - : Core.Std.Float.t = 3.12
>> Int.of_string "3";;
>> - : Core.Std.Int.t = 3
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>> The following does not:
>> Int.of_string " 3";;
>> Exception: (Failure "Int.of_string: \" 3\"").
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>> I don't understand why. Bug?
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>> I guess a scanf will work.
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> I guessed wrong:
> # Scanf.sscanf " 123" "%d" (fun i -> i);;
> Exception:
> (Scanf.Scan_failure
>  "scanf: bad input at char number 0: ``character ' ' is not a decimal 
> digit''").
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>> But I think Int.of_string should work too.
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>> Regards,
>> F.
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