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[Dave Gillett]

In <1991Apr1.203024.19679 at unlv.edu> grover at big-joe.cs.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover) writes:

>	A correct version of this program is:

>        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.

                                                   Dave