int a;
//read int from file
fscanf(file, "%d",&a);
//read int from string
sscanf(string, "%d", &a);
//'convert' string to int:
a = atoi(string)
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int a;
//read int from file
file >> a;
//read int from string
stringstream ss;
ss << string;
ss >> a;
//'convert' string to int:
a = atoi(string.c_str());