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- LISTING 1 - Converts a hex-string to a number in ASCII environments
-
- #include <ctype.h>
- #include <assert.h>
-
- long atox(char *s)
- {
- long sum;
-
- assert(s);
-
- /* Skip whitespace */
- while (isspace(*s))
- ++s;
-
- /* Do the conversion */
- for (sum = 0L; isxdigit(*s); ++s)
- {
- int digit;
-
- if (isdigit(*s))
- digit = *s - '0';
- else
- digit = toupper(*s) - 'A' + 10;
- sum = sum*16L + digit;
- }
-
- return sum;
- }
-
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