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From: dmturne@PacBell.COM (Dave Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: New 'n' Improved comp.lang.c FAQ List
Message-ID: <6092@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 91 20:17:05 GMT
References: <910401.0xf001@etiquette.uu.net> <1991Apr1.203024.19679@unlv.edu> <849@saxony.pa.reuter.COM>
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In article <849@saxony.pa.reuter.COM> dgil@pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett) writes:
.In <1991Apr1.203024.19679@unlv.edu> grover@big-joe.cs.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover) writes:
.>        char *itoa(int i)
.>          {
.>            static char retbuf[5];         /* biggest int: 32769 */
.>            sprintf(retbuf, "%d", i);
.>            return retbuf;
.>          }
.     Bzzzt!
.     For this purpose, the "biggest" integer (assuming 16-bit ints, as Kevin
.has...) is
.               -32768
.     That's *6* characters long.

Bzzzt!

Counting the \0 placed at the end of the string by sprintf,
that's *7* characters long.



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