One could easily expand the code snippet to something more like...
int i;
char c;
unsigned long l;
:
:
for (i = sizeof(unsigned long); i > 0; i--)
{
int shift_factor = (i - 1) * 8;
c = (char)((l & ((unsigned long)0xFF << shift_factor)) >>
shift_factor);
putchar(c);
}
... if you want to be pedantic about the size of an unsigned long.
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 16-Mar-2000 Shao Zhang wrote:
> > Thanks. This is exactly what I want. I have thought about doing it this
> > way, it is just that from memory, there is a libc function that does the
> > equivalent.
> >
>
> What was given is the only safe and sane way I have ever seen. Bigger
> question
> is why do you have a unsigned long (which can be upwards of 8 bytes (64bits))
> output only 4bytes (32bits)? remember, not every machine uses int === long.
