Char is ignored</span></div><div class="line"><a name="l00205"></a><span class="lineno">  205</span>&#160;  <span class="comment">// this allows format characters (typically commas) in values to be ignored</span></div><div class="line"><a name="l00206"></a><span class="lineno">  206</span>&#160;</div><div class="line"><a name="l00207"></a><span class="lineno">  207</span>&#160;  <span class="keywordtype">float</span> <a class="code" href="class_stream.html#a5e5a0cc11eb586d89dcb7fa8e53a87e8">parseFloat</a>(<