On 9/19/07, Levi Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> char* itoa( int value, char* result, int base ) {
> // check that the base if valid
> if (base < 2 || base > 16) { *result = 0; return result; }
>
> char* out = result;
> int quotient = value;
>
> do {
> *out = "0123456789abcdef"[ std::abs( quotient % base ) ];
> ++out;
> quotient /= base;
> } while ( quotient );
>
> // Only apply negative sign for base 10
> if ( value < 0 && base == 10) *out++ = '-';
> std::reverse( result, out );
> *out = 0;
>
> return result;
> }
This only supports a base of up to 16. Make me wonder what the limit
is for the actual libc runtime's itoa implementation. We use a base
59 number in some software I use here at work. Why 59 and not 64?
Because we've removed the vowels so it's impossible for swear words to
be generated :-).
-Bryan
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