#include /* helper routine that does the main job. */ static void xtoa ( unsigned long val, char *buf, unsigned radix, int is_neg ) { char *p; /* pointer to traverse string */ char *firstdig; /* pointer to first digit */ char temp; /* temp char */ unsigned digval; /* value of digit */ p = buf; if (is_neg) { /* negative, so output '-' and negate */ *p++ = '-'; val = (unsigned long)(-(long)val); } firstdig = p; /* save pointer to first digit */ do { digval = (unsigned) (val % radix); val /= radix; /* get next digit */ /* convert to ascii and store */ if (digval > 9) *p++ = (char) (digval - 10 + 'a'); /* a letter */ else *p++ = (char) (digval + '0'); /* a digit */ } while (val > 0); /* We now have the digit of the number in the buffer, but in reverse order. Thus we reverse them now. */ *p-- = '\0'; /* terminate string; p points to last digit */ do { temp = *p; *p = *firstdig; *firstdig = temp; /* swap *p and *firstdig */ --p; ++firstdig; /* advance to next two digits */ } while (firstdig < p); /* repeat until halfway */ } /* Actual functions just call conversion helper with neg flag set correctly, and return pointer to buffer. */ PSTR ULtoA( unsigned long val, char *buf, int radix ) { xtoa(val, buf, radix, 0); return buf; }