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+use std;
+import std::float;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_from_str() {
+ assert ( float::from_str("3.14") == 3.14 );
+ assert ( float::from_str("+3.14") == 3.14 );
+ assert ( float::from_str("-3.14") == -3.14 );
+ assert ( float::from_str("2.5E10") == 25000000000. );
+ assert ( float::from_str("2.5e10") == 25000000000. );
+ assert ( float::from_str("25000000000.E-10") == 2.5 );
+ assert ( float::from_str("") == 0. );
+ assert ( float::from_str(" ") == 0. );
+ assert ( float::from_str(".") == 0. );
+ assert ( float::from_str("5.") == 5. );
+ assert ( float::from_str(".5") == 0.5 );
+ assert ( float::from_str("0.5") == 0.5 );
+
+}