New 'n' Improved comp.lang.c FAQ List

[Dave Turner]

In article <849 at saxony.pa.reuter.COM> dgil at pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett) writes:
.In <1991Apr1.203024.19679 at unlv.edu> grover at 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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Dave Turner	415/823-2001	{att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!dmturne