fak.c: proper values
The normal fak function prints proper values from 0-20 and the bigfak
function "guesses" up to 170!
committer: Markus Bröker <mbroeker@largo.homelinux.org>
/**
* asm/decimal.c
* Copyright (C) 2008 Markus Broeker
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
#define MAXBITS __WORDSIZE
#define MAXVALUE ULONG_MAX
typedef unsigned long int ULONG;
void usage (char *name)
{
printf ("Usage: %s start [end] [base]\n", name);
}
/*
* Computes the binary representation of a
* decimal value and returns the result
* in proper order and the number of digits
*/
char *dec_to_base (ULONG decimal, int base, int *digits)
{
char *encoded;
char swp;
int i;
i = 0;
if ((decimal > MAXVALUE)) {
perror ("VALUE TOO BIG");
return NULL;
}
if ((encoded = malloc ((MAXBITS) * sizeof (char))) == NULL) {
perror ("MALLOC ERROR");
return NULL;
}
while (decimal > base - 1) {
encoded[i++] = (decimal % base);
decimal /= base;
}
encoded[i++] = (decimal % base);
*digits = i;
for (i = 0; i < *digits - 1; i++) {
swp = encoded[*digits - i - 1];
encoded[*digits - i - 1] = encoded[i];
encoded[i] = swp;
}
return encoded;
}
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
ULONG decimal, start, end;
int bits, base, i;
char *binaer;
base = 2;
if (argc == 2) {
start = atol (argv[1]);
end = start + 1;
} else if (argc == 3) {
start = atol (argv[1]);
end = atol (argv[2]);
} else if (argc == 4) {
start = atol (argv[1]);
end = atol (argv[2]);
base = atoi (argv[3]);
} else {
usage (argv[0]);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
if (!((start >= 0) && (end > start) && (base > 1))) {
usage ("Trottel");
printf ("%ld\t%ld\t%d\n", start, end, base);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
printf ("\tVALUE \t\tDIGITS\t\t Encoded\n");
printf ("----------------------------------------------------\n");
for (decimal = start; decimal < end; decimal++) {
if ((binaer = dec_to_base (decimal, base, &bits)) == NULL) {
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
printf ("%12ld %12d \t\t", decimal, bits);
for (i = 0; i < bits; i++) {
printf ("%X", binaer[i]);
}
printf ("\n");
if (binaer)
free (binaer);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}