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From: alan@bk.dk (Alan_Rooks_sps)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Re: Constant overflow
Message-ID: <35@bk.dk>
Date: 11 Mar 88 11:47:41 GMT
References: <2747@mmintl.UUCP> <2550059@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Organization: Bruel & Kjaer, DK-2850 Naerum, Denmark
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In article <2550059@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes:

>It's hard to do this right unless you do some clever comparison
>just before multiplying by 10 (or 8 or 16 or 2).

A proven (and very simple) way to do this right was given by J. R. Parker in
"A General Character to Integer Conversion Method", Software - Practice and
Experience, Vol 15(8) (August '85), pp. 761-766.

Alan Rooks - Bruel & Kjaer Copenhagen - ...!mcvax!bk!alan or ...!diku!bk!alan