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string->fp:procedure

Converts the given decimal string number to binary IEEE floating point representation. Optional argument ROUNDING is a symbol that can be one of:

toward-zero
indicates rounding-towards-zero mode (the default)
nearest
indicates rounding-towards-nearest mode
toward+Inf
indicates rounding-towards +Inf mode
toward-Inf
indicates rounding-towards -Inf mode