Write a function to convert a string, such as: "-13.232e-5" into a double-precision floatingpoint number. The address of the string should be passed in register $a0. The function should return the double-precision floating-point number in $f0. Conversion should terminate if the end of the string is reached (NULL byte), or an invalid character is encountered, such as a space, comm

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Write a function to convert a string, such as: "-13.232e-5" into a double-precision floatingpoint number. The address of the string should be passed in register $a0. The function should
return the double-precision floating-point number in $f0. Conversion should terminate if the
end of the string is reached (NULL byte), or an invalid character is encountered, such as a
space, comma,

 

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