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18 /** @file lib/basen.c @brief Arbitrary base conversion
20 * The functions in this file handle arbitrary-size non-negative integers,
21 * represented as a bigendian (MSW first) sequence of @c unsigned @c long
22 * words. The words themselves use the native byte order.
29 /** @brief Test whether v is 0
30 * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum
31 * @param nwords Length of bignum
34 static int zero(const unsigned long *v, int nwords) {
37 for(n = 0; n < nwords && !v[n]; ++n)
42 /** @brief Divide v by m returning the remainder.
43 * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum
44 * @param nwords Length of bignum
45 * @param m Divisor (must not be 0)
48 * The quotient is stored in @p v.
50 static unsigned divide(unsigned long *v, int nwords, unsigned long m) {
51 unsigned long r = 0, a, b;
54 /* we do the divide 16 bits at a time */
55 for(n = 0; n < nwords; ++n) {
69 /** @brief Convert v to a chosen base
70 * @param v Pointer to bigendian bignum (modified!)
71 * @param nwords Length of bignum
72 * @param buffer Output buffer
73 * @param bufsize Size of output buffer
74 * @param base Number base (2..62)
75 * @return 0 on success, -1 if the buffer is too small
77 * Converts @p v to a string in the given base using decimal digits, lower case
78 * letter sand upper case letters as digits.
80 int basen(unsigned long *v,
86 static const char chars[] = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
90 return -1; /* overflow */
91 buffer[--i] = chars[divide(v, nwords, base)];
92 } while(!zero(v, nwords));
93 memmove(buffer, buffer + i, bufsize - i);
94 buffer[bufsize - i] = 0;