#include "scan.h" size_t scan_8int(const char* src,unsigned int* dest) { /* make a copy of src so we can return the number of bytes we progressed */ register const char *tmp=src; register unsigned int l=0; register unsigned char c; /* *tmp - '0' can be negative, but casting to unsigned char makes * those cases positive and large; that means we only need one * comparison. This trick is no longer needed on modern compilers, * but we also want to produce good code on old compilers :) */ while ((c=(unsigned char)(*tmp-'0'))<8) { /* overflow check; for each digit we multiply by 8 and then add the * digit; 0-7 needs 3 bits of storage, so we need to check if the * uppermost 3 bits of l are empty. Do it by shifting to the right */ if (l>>(sizeof(l)*8-3)) break; l=l*8+c; ++tmp; } *dest=l; return (size_t)(tmp-src); } #ifdef UNITTEST #include int main() { unsigned int i; assert(scan_8int("1234",&i)==4 && i==01234); assert(scan_8int("12345678",&i)==7 && i==01234567); assert(scan_8int("37777777777",&i)==11 && i==0xffffffff); assert(scan_8int("40000000000",&i)==10 && i==04000000000); assert(scan_8int("-4",&i)==0 && i==0); assert(scan_8int("01234",&i)==5 && i==01234); return 0; } #endif