you are just calculating log base 10, which is correct.
digits = 1+log10(x);
str = MemPtrNew(1+digits); // add 1 for the null at the end
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto Amorim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:47 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Correct memory allocation (long int -> character array)
Try this code:
j=1;
for (i=z; i > 0;i=i/10) j++;
s = (char *)MemPtrNew(j);
[]s
Roberto Amorim
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